SWANA Chronicles

Category: Photography
  • Houria Mosbah

    Houria Mosbah is an Algerian artist whose multidisciplinary work spans music, photography, art direction, and design. Her artistic journey is rooted in Algiers, grounding her work in personal narratives that explore broader themes such as cultural identity, nostalgia, and the everyday paradoxes of Algerian life. Her projects, including the photography series Dolce Wa Banana and her clothing…

  • Mariam Ghani

    Mariam Ghani is an artist, writer, and filmmaker. Her work operates at the intersections of language, loss, migration, memory, and history. Her films, public projects, photographs, and installations have been presented and collected worldwide, notably in Times Square and the new Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport; the Guggenheim, New Museum, MoMA, Smithsonian, and Metropolitan Museums;…

  • Kenzä Bousseloub

    Kenzä Bousseloub (كنزة بوسلوب) is an Algerian- American artist who works in film, photography, and journalism. Although her artistry is generally based in the city of Philadelphia, she has created internationally subjective documentary projects and continues to do so locally as she grounds her work in personal stories where she aims to explore larger themes…

  • Amany Adel

    Amany Adel, born in 1992, is an Egyptian documentary filmmaker, photographer, and podcast producer based in Amman, Jordan. She graduated from both the Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Jesuit Film School in Alexandria. Amany’s passion lies in the archive and Oral History, which she believes are vital sources for documenting heritage…

  • Liasmine Fodil

    Founder of the Tilawin Project, Liasmine FODIL was born and lives in Algeria. In her photographic practice, she takes a critical look at her environment to try to understand its functioning; she also questions the place of women in society. It is through individual stories that she addresses her questions. She has exhibited her work…

  • Ruwan Hamdy

    Ruwan Hamdy (b. 1995) an architect and interdisciplinary artist based in Alexandria. She works primarily with photography , mixed media and space intervention. Broadly, she’s interested in the intersection of architecture, art and design. Her work tends to question the unwritten rules that shape our perceptions and inform our behavior in the spaces we navigate.…

  • Fatma Fahmy

    Fatma Fahmy is an independent visual storyteller based in Cairo, Egypt. She earned her B.A. degree in Chemical Engineering from Cairo University in 2013. Her work focuses on environmental concerns and social issues influenced by factors such as the environment and migration. Her work has been showcased at festivals and venues worldwide, including the Photography…

  • Amina Kadous

    Amina Kadous (1991-) is a visual artist and an award winning photographer based in Cairo, Egypt. Her work tackles concepts of memory and identity. A linkage between the past and present. She believes a photograph is an object that holds memories and meanings, keepsakes that give life. Kadous’s work has been exhibited widely in many…

  • Hala Dabaji

    Born in 1981 in Beirut, Hala Dabaji spent her childhood in Ngaoundéré, Cameroun. Currently living in Beirut, she holds a degree in fine arts from ALBA (Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut) Since 2006, she has been exhibiting her paintings, photographs, drawings in Lebanon, Jordan, Ivory Coast, Italy, and the United States. Her works also include…

  • Abeer Aref

    Abeer Aref is a Yemeni Visual artist and Architect who uses photography to capture the beauty of everyday moments. In 2020, she had her first photography showcase called “JAMAAD”. Her artistic practice delves into personal experiences and reflects on broader themes of connection and distance. Abeer work has been shown in many exhibitions in the…

  • Thana Faroq

    Thana Faroq is a Yemeni photographer, writer, and educator, currently teaching at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague Netherlands. Her artistic practice is primarily focused on capturing the aftermath of pivotal events, especially in the context of migration. Faroq’s work isdeeply rooted in themes of women’s resilience, adaptability, and the search for belonging.…

  • Diana Habashneh

    Diana Habashneh is a versatile visual artist whose journey spans multiple disciplines. Transitioning from advertising and graphic design to the tech sector, Diana eventually pursued her passion for fine art, culminating in the completion of her MFA degree. This diverse background has equipped her with both technical expertise and theoretical understanding, enabling her to convey…

  • Khadidja Markemal

    Khadidja Markemal, a photographer and artisan, has been immersed in the world of visual arts since 2015. Her lens captures life’s moments, both ordinary and extraordinary: her daily routine, captivating journeys, and the faces of those she encounters. These experiences often blossom into photographic series, sometimes morphing into hybrid forms that interweave sound and video.…

  • Leila Abdellani

    A twenty something architecture graduate from Algiers whopicked up her father’s compact camera at the age of 17 with ascattered yet curious gaze. Slowly, what started as an absent-minded and inattentive practice turned into a tool for me to make sense of my surroundings. Growing up in a dense urban area, the details that make…

  • Cléa Rekhou

    Cléa Rekhou (b. 1988, Paris) is a French-Algerian visual storyteller based in Algiers, Algeria. She grew up in a housing estate on the Paris outskirts and faced social challenges that today nourish her work, her motive and the genesis of most of her projects. After graduating from college with a master degree in Corporate Finance,…

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