الشجاعة في الإبداع

Ruya Foundation’s chairman Tamara Chalabi continues her diary about her research trip in Iraq with curator Jonathan Watkins, for the Pavilion of Iraq: And so to the oil-rich southern province of Basra, where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet and trickle toward the Gulf. The main city has a coastal feel, despite being 25 miles from the…

Ruya Foundation’s chairman Tamara Chalabi continues her diary about her research trip in Iraq with curator Jonathan Watkins, for the Pavilion of Iraq: In Sulaymaniya, the designated cultural capital of Kurdistan in the north-eastern corner of Iraq, we visited Zamwa Gallery. Many of the artists represented here create work that engages with the recent history of…

Ruya Foundation’s chairman Tamara Chalabi continues her diary about her research trip in Iraq with curator Jonathan Watkins, for the Pavilion of Iraq: Kurdistan is a politically autonomous region in the north of Iraq. Despite decades of violent civil unrest, rebellion and repression, Kurdistan is now home to a small but thriving cultural scene with some…

Ruya Foundation’s chairman Tamara Chalabi continues her diary about her research trip in Iraq with curator Jonathan Watkins, for the Pavilion of Iraq: Hilla is a modern city, south of Baghdad on the bank of the Euphrates, close to the ancient cities of Babylon, Kish and Borsippa. It is the capital of the Babil province and…