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Ruya Shop: La Coquille et le Clergyman (1928), Germaine du Lac

This weekend the Ruya Shop is screening Germaine du Lac’s film La Coquille et le Clergyman (1928). Location: Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad Time: 10am – 2pm Date: Friday 21 Dec – Saturday 22 Dec Some historians consider Germaine Dulac’s La Coquille et le Clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman) to be the first surrealist film ever…
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Ruya Shop: Sura Moayad’s First Solo Exhibition

The Ruya Shop presents the artist Sura Moayad’s first solo exhibition. Moayad is a recent fine arts graduate of the University of Qadisiya. She works with patchwork and sewing techniques which she learnt from her mother, thus deviating from the traditional and academic approaches taught at Iraqi art schools. Among her recent projects is a…
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Ruya Shop: Hashim Taeeh’s ‘Dangerous Elements’

A new solo exhibition by Basra based artist Hashim Taeeh opens on 19 October 2018 and runs until 10 November 2018 at the Ruya Shop. ‘Dangerous Elements’ explores the ongoing water crisis in Iraq, and its impact on the city of Basra, where the artist is from. Read Ruya’s interview with Hashem Taeeh about this…
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Ruya Shop: Ayman Al Amiri’s Alleys (2018)

The Ruya Shop is launching a series of small exhibitions by artists predominantly based in Iraq. This month, Baghdad-based photographer Ayman Al Amiri will present his new work in an exhibition entitled Zuqaq (Alley) which consists of a short documentary film Zuqaq (2018) co-produced by Ruya, alongside a selection of black and white photographs of…