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Interview 

Hassan Massoudy Iraqi Artist

Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.vHassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter. Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.
Essay 

Venice Conversations: How Can I See What You Saw? by Nadine Hattom

It is said that my grandfather, Ghareeb Jabur Al Saddawi, a silversmith, owned a shop on River Street in Baghdad. And every year, he made the long journey to Egypt to sell his creations. He was so skilled that if you found one of his silver cigarette cases at the bottom of the river, the…
Interview 

Venice Conversations: War Reporter Ali Arkady Documents the Art Scene in Baghdad

Ali Arkady (b. 1982, Khanaqin) is a photographer and filmmaker from Khanaqin, Iraq. Since 2014, after the armed group ISIS invaded and took control of vast areas of northern Iraq Arkady has been reporting regularly from the frontline, embedded with the Kurdish forces and the Iraqi Security Forces. He has covered the recent operations to drive ISIS out of the…
Cartoon 

Filmmaking in Iraq: February Cartoon Series

February is the month of film festivals, from the Berlinale to Rotterdam, and the Academy Awards. Khudair Alhimyari has drawn a series of cartoons on filmmaking in Iraq. “I am looking at the conditions of working life in Iraq through its filmmakers,” says Alhimyari, “the complacency of the filmmakers in this cartoon is also a critical comment…
Video 

Video: Girls of Baghdad

In March 2015, the Ruya Foundation launched the first drama therapy project in Iraq. Girls from the Dar Azuhur Orphanage in Baghdad worked with six leading Iraqi actors to learn the basics of theatre. Together they wrote, produced, directed and acted in their own play. This is their story.