Now Streaming | Episode 1 "Middle East Art Is Not Calligraphy"

Now Streaming: Episode 1 "Middle East Art Is Not Calligraphy 

When you think of the Middle East, chances are that modern art is not the first thing that comes to mind. In our first episode of Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast, we speak with the founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, who argues that modern art is a key component of protest movements across the contemporary Middle East. Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she and Al Qassemi discuss misconceptions surrounding the link between politics and art, the significance of modern art in the Middle East, and the history and role of women artists in the region. 

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