SWANA Chronicles

Category: Curators
  • Nadine Khoury 

    Nadine Khoury is an art advisor, curator and writer based in Dubai. With roots from Palestine and Syria, she moved around the Gulf and North America while immersing herself in various cultures along her path. Nadine’s passion for the Arts, led her into various branches of the art world. Nadine’s journey began with managing galleries…

  • Elham Khattab

    Elham Khattab is an arts manager, curator, and researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of art and technology, aiming to support and promote under-recognized artists in Egypt and North Africa. In her early career as a fine arts graduate, Khattab concentrated on contemporary art in her curatorial work. During this period, she founded Out…

  • Ayça Okay

    Ayça Okay, born in 1991 in Izmir, is an esteemed curator and art writer primarily based between Istanbul, Barcelona and Berlin. A member of AICA Turkey (Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art) and CIMAM (International Committee of Museums and Collections of Modern Art), Okay’s career is marked by significant achievements. Since 2018, she has curated exhibitions…

  • Salma Mochtari

    Salma Mochtari is a researcher and curator based between Marseilles and Arles. A member of the curatorial and editorial collective Qalqalah قلقلة since December 2020, her research often stems from the conceptual circulations between the fields of art and contemporary philosophy. Based on the specific cases of archival absences and black studies, she works the present…

  • Olfa Feki

    Olfa Feki is an architect, curator and artistic director/founder of #Kerkennah visual art festival. She has contributed to the establishment of the new generation of photojournalists of the North African shores following the Arab spring. After founding the first visual art center in Tunisia, she decided to move out to extend her experience. From project…

  • Rana Beiruti

    Rana Beiruti is an independent curator based in Amman, Jordan. With a background in architecture, her research interests focus on studying and documenting land-based and social practices in the region, primarily surrounding topics related to the earth, material, craft, and the built environment. She has curated and designed a multitude of contemporary design and art…

  • Hana El Beblawy

    Hana El Beblawy is a curator and arts professional with a passion for promoting contemporary art, based in Egypt. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts from The American University in Cairo (AUC), El Beblawy has a strong foundation in artistic expression and architectural design. Driven by her passion for promoting contemporary art,…

  • Malak Shenouda

    Malak Shenouda is a curator based in Egypt. Most recently, Shenouda joined ALDAU Development in 2022 as curator and head of arts and events for the establishment of their new subsidiary ADD Art. Before that she acted as executive director and cultural programs head at the art consultancy Art D’Egypte for five years. She’s had…

  • Ala Younis

    Ala Younis is an artist, trained as an architect in Amman. Research forms a big part of her practice, as do curating, collaboration, film and book projects. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including solo shows at Darat al Funun (2009) and Delfina Foundation (2010 and 2018), MMAG Foundation in Amman (2017), Centro…

  • Razan AlSarraf

    Razan AlSarraf (she/ her) is a visual artist, curator and educator based between Kuwait and Los Angeles. Through painting, drawing, video and sound, she reflects on the interactions of people with land and landscape. She received a BFA in Fine Arts with honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA…

  • Audrée Anid

    Audrée Anid is an artist, curator, and writer. Audrée was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Lebanese immigrant parents and was raised in New York City. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. Her visual art practice spans photography, painting, and printmaking;…

  • Faten Nastas Mitwasi

    Faten Nastas Mitwasi was born in 1975 in Bethlehem. She was inspired by her father, Fawzy Nastas, a prolific sculptor. She received an MFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 2011. She started working at Dar Annadwa Cultural Center in 1998 as the art coordinator, curating exhibitions and organizing courses. She…

  • Samiah Khashoggi

    Samia Muhammad Khashoggi was born in 1958 in the city of Abha (Saudi Arabia). She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Montfort University, Leicester and a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from Kingston University in Britain. She is an artist, curator, researcher and educator. Khashoggi is the first Saudi woman to work as…

  • Doris Bittar

    Interdisciplinary and award winning artist Doris Bittar explores overlapping patterns, decorative motifs and text within the context of historical legacies. Bittar views patterns as cultural DNA mutating in tandem with human migration. Bittar, an Artist Legacy awardee by the California Arts Council, has been recognized for artistic accomplishments and mentoring of young artists (2023). She…

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