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Baghdadia
by Nina Mussa
Women of the Middle East are often considered to be held captive, silent, and oppressed. In an attempt to combat this perception, and also to shed light on the importance of Iraqi art and history, Baghdadia was created. Baghdadia features Iraqi women with involvement in the art world, whether they are artists themselves, curators, or even professors on the ancient Near East. Listen to hear the stories and advice of strong Iraqi women and celebrate the richness of Iraqi heritage!
Episodes
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Rand Abdul Jabbar
Rand Abdul Jabbar is a young Iraqi artist who engages in a multi-disciplinary approach to creative output, oscillating across the threshold between design, architecture, and the visual arts. Her research based art is often informed by ancient Mesopotamian culture, drawing inspiration from…
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Professor Zainab Bahrani
Dr. Zainab Bahrani is an Iraqi professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Columbia University. She is the author and editor of twelve books and has written over 50 articles, one of which, the Hellenization of Ishtar, is particularly fascinating to me. In it, she analyzes concepts of...
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Wassan Al-Khudairi
Wassan Al-Khudhairi is the Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM). Serving as the Founding Director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, Al-Khudhairi oversaw the opening of the Museum in 2010 and co-curated Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art. Her curatorial interests...
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Sama Alshaibi
Born in Basra to an Iraqi father and Palestinian mother, Sama Alshaibi is based in the US where she is Professor and Co-Chair of Photography, Video and Imaging at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Her photographs and videos situate her own body as a site of performance in consideration of the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Women of the Middle East are often considered to be held captive, silent, and oppressed. In an attempt to combat this perception, and also to shed light on the importance of Iraqi art and history, Baghdadia was created. Baghdadia features Iraqi women with involvement in the art world, whether they are artists themselves, curators, or even professors on the ancient Near East. Listen to hear the stories and advice of strong Iraqi women and celebrate the richness of Iraqi heritage!
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Nina Mussa
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