In conversation with Sarah Sadia Daoui, Tasneem 'Neem' Sarkez flips through books and mementos in her NYC artist studio, sharing both personal anecdotes of her work's amalgamated reference to traditional and modern Arab poetics.
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Writer Maya Campbell sits down for a conversation with artist Lakwena Maciver, whose work has been shown at the Tate, Somerset House and the Southbank Centre and more. She tells AZEEMA about her new show, ‘A green and pleasant land (HA-HA)’, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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Writer Rand Al-Hadethi digs into Lara Chahine’s latest mixed-media project scrutinising women’s body politics within her home country, Lebanon, and the wider SWANA region, through personal archival imagery and street photography.
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Larena Amin catches Deniz Pasha in between modes. The new mother shares her intellectualist justifications, and the ramifications of ahistorical society building in her realm of figurative portraiture.
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Over tea in Brixton, Nepali-Caribbean & British artist Maya Gurung-Russel Campbell relays personal histories and the intricacies of her practice to Shams Hanieh, following the opening of her first solo show, Folklore Imaginary, in Hull.
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‘Silver is the metal of emotions— regulating our inner tides and enhancing the depth of our feelings.’ - Moroccan-Iranian Artist Camelia Chorsi introduces us to N9CRA and the deep ancestral traditions that surround metal work and adornment.
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Digital Editor Dalia Al-Dujaili sits down with the Bengali artist in her East London studio to chart her background in the NHS, using art as a form of PTSD remedy, and exploring how her neurodivergency has become her own superpower within her craft.
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Moroccan-Swedish Choreographer and Visual Artist Mona Namér takes us on a journey of metamorphosis, rebirth and escapism with her new short film, A Bath In My Mothers Womb. We talk to Mona about her inspirations and the experiences of making the film, unearthing her own traumas surrounding identity, mental health and healing.
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In this special long read, AZEEMA meets Reem and Sereen, two creatives who are changing the way Palestine is perceived through its art, fashion and culture. They share their experiences of living under Israeli occupation, how Western hegemony has seeped into their work, and how they began to root their work back into Palestinian heritage.
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“Let’s start this with an apology to my mother.” In this tender exploration of the transition between girlhood and womanhood, Cairo-born photographer Alia Dessouki dictates the uniquely feminine evolution from the subject of innocence to the subject of the sexualised gaze through her childhood underwear.
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Studio Hilal invites us to their special Mehmooni: Introducing the artisanal design studio by creative sisters Zuhra and Moshtari Hilal, inspired by joint family memories and a love for illustration and textiles.
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‘Symbioses’, the filmmaker’s latest short art film, addresses growing up mixed race and harks to the beauty of filming with natural light at sunrise: here, Sarah walks us through the behind-the-scenes creation of the film.
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We speak to Sarah Bahbah, the Palestinian-Jordanian artist behind the highly circulated series 3eib. She shares her journey, standing up to the culture-based shame she has carried for so long and embracing her true identity as a Western Arab.
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