Samar Faruqi

Samar Faruqi, Director of Research, Meem Gallery. Since joining Meem in March 2009, Samar has edited Meem Editions publications including Dia Al-Azzawi: Retrospective and Parviz Tanavoli: Monograph. She is currently working on the forthcoming publication Art in Iraq Today, which is being produced in conjunction with the Iraqi art exhibition series held at Meem Gallery. She has a BA Honors in Art History from Goldsmiths College, University of London and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, where she received a distinction for her MPhil dissertation on John Frederick Lewis??? harem paintings. Her research interests include modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art and representations of women in British Orientalist paintings.

           Author Essays

An interview with ALI OMAR ERMES
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Art as a ‘Psychololgical Outlet› : Expatriation and The Work of Contemporary Iraqi Artists
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MAKING LIGHT OF ART: MOHAMED KANOO’S FUN W/FEN COLLECTION
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