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Ruya sponsors the 3 Minute, 3 Days Film Festival in Baghdad

The Ruya Foundation is proud to be a sponsor the third edition of the 3 Minutes, 3 Days Film Festival in Baghdad. The festival is organised and programmed by Dr. Hikmat Al Baydhani, director of Art City Film and TV Productions, the largest independent film and television production studio in Iraq. Over the course of…

Cartoon

‘Outstanding Contributions to Iraqi Culture’: February Cartoon

The Baghdad-based cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari’s series on culture and Iraq continues. This month’s theme is ‘Outstanding Contributions to Iraqi Culture’. Of the series, the artist has said: I’ve noticed a sad new trend in Iraq’s cultural scene: government and non-governmental organisations decorate and award artists and intellectuals for their creativity in poorly organised propaganda ceremonies.…

Event

Ruya Shop: Salam Atta Sabri’s ‘Letters from Baghdad’

The Ruya Foundation presents new work from the Baghdad-based Salam Atta Sabri’s series Letters from Baghdad (2005 – ongoing). The series was first shown by Ruya at the Venice Biennale in 2015. Back then, the artist had produced a visual diary of over 150 drawings privately after his return to Baghdad with his family in…

Interview

‘It’s like being at school and not understanding the lesson’: Iraqi Artist Mohammed Alani At Galerie d’Apostrof

‘My work involves reduction. I want to make final marks, objects and concept as simple as possible,’ says Mohammed Alani, an Iraqi-born, Brussels-based artist. In the corner of an exhibition room at the Galerie d’Apostrof, Meigem, the tip of a black leather shoe sits on top of a blue chalk stick, which tilts lightly towards…