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Interview

Painter Saddam al Jumaily on strange visions and growing up in Basra

Saddam al Jumaily was born in 1974, on the outskirts of Basra. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Basra University in 2000, after which he stayed on as a lecturer. He was arts editor of Iraq’s Manara magazine, and has worked as a graphic designer. Today, he lives in Jordan and has had…

Exhibition

Frieze Masters: Dia al Azzawi, Selected works, 1964-73

At the Frieze Masters art fair in London last week, Dubai’s Meem Gallery launched a new publication of works by the Iraqi artist Dia al Azzawi, alongside an exhibition of his work at the fair. The selection of early works featured in the catalogue, from 1964-73, when the artist was still based in Iraq, reflects…

Interview: award-winning author Ahmed Saadawi on the enemy of writing and the power of words.

Born in Baghdad in 1973, Ahmed Saadawi became the first Iraqi recipient of the International prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014, for his novel, Frankenstein in Baghdad. Set in Iraq in the years after the 2003 invasion, the book tells the story of a man made of limbs assembled from corpses in Baghdad. Once brought…

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Baghdad City of Peace Carnival – World Peace Day

To celebrate the UN’s World Peace Day, the non-governmental organisation IQ Peace hosted the Baghdad City of Peace Festival on 21 September. The term Madinat al Salam, or “City of Peace” may seem unusual for Baghdad, but this was the city’s name in the Abbasid times. This year, the annual event was bigger than ever,…