Sharjah Biennial 16

Maya Abu Al Hayyat is a Palestinian actress, translator and writer

Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, author and founder of the Edward Said Library, Gaza’s first English-language library.

Historian, architect and curator Nadi Abusaada studies the foundations of the architectural profession in West Asia, the history of national exhibitions in the modern Arab world, and the intersection between photographic practice and representations of the natural landscape in Palestine.

Ravi Agarwal is an artist, curator, writer and environmental activist. He explores issues of urban space, ecology, capital and globalisation through photographs, text, video, performance and site-specific installations.

Dr Yousef Aidabi is currently the Advisor at the Dr Sultan Al Qasimi Centre for Gulf Studies.

Haig Aivazian is an Artist, Curator and Writer currently based in Chicago.

SABAB (Sulayman Al Bassam Theatre) is an independent, international touring theatre company led by celebrated Kuwaiti writer/director Sulayman Al Bassam.

Fatima Al Jarman is a writer living between the UAE and New York City.

He has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Thuraya Al-Baqsami is a visual artist, journalist and writer whose work engages with poetics and politics, feminism and the feminine.

Tariq Ali is the author of several plays and film scripts as well as nearly 50 books on world history and politics and seven novels.

Nezar Andary is a writer, filmmaker and Associate Professor at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi.

Saira Ansari is a researcher and writer who focuses on South Asian art history and publishing.

Anna Arabindan-Kesson is an Associate Professor of African American and Black Diasporic Art with a joint appointment in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University

Mohammad Ali Atassi is a journalist and documentary filmmaker.