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Interview 

Mermaids, Myths and Women Who Collect Salt: Interview with the artist Dhikra Sarsam

Dhikra Sarsam (b. Baghdad 1965) is a documentary film-maker and children’s illustrator. Her colourful collages and children’s illustrations recount local and religious tales, famous poems, fairy tales and the Arabian Nights.  She has worked on a number of documentaries, including Rahma Zainab and others, about under-age marriage in Iraq and is an active member of…
Interview 

Objects that tell a story: product designer Hozan Zangana

Ruya Foundation spoke to Hozan Zangana, an Iraqi-Kurdish product designer based in the Netherlands. Zangana’s series Haft Sin, a set of plates and bowls he created for the festival of Nawruz, was on display at Design Days Dubai 2015. His latest collection, Shaping from Intuition recently launched at Dutch Design Week. What influenced the series Haft Sin,…
Interview 

Interview: the anonymous group Daafish and their satirical cartoons against IS.

Daafish is a group of anonymous Iraqi activists, who create and publish satirical cartoons about the so-called Islamic State (IS) on Facebook. Since launching in April 2015, they have built a tremendous following across the country and beyond. Audiences in IS controlled territories have reached out to them with ideas for new satirical cartoons—while supporters…
Essay, Interview 

Justine Hardy, author and trauma psychologist, on art, conflict and healing.

Ruya Foundation invited Justine Hardy, author and trauma psychologist to speak at a panel discussion on art, conflict and Iraq, for the opening of the Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale. Hardy founded the groundbreaking mental health project Healing Kashmir, and has reported on and written about South Asia for over 20 years.…