People

Maya Allison is founding Director of the Art Gallery and Chief Curator at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Sama Alshaibi is a photographer, video artist and accomplished filmmaker.

Asim Altokhais is a film producer, screenwriter, novelist, and co-founder and general manager of 3rd action, Inc.

Awam Amkpa is Dean of Arts and Humanities, NYUAD and Global Network Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU New York.

Poet, essayist and photographer Pierre Amrouche is a specialist in African art and tribal arts as well as an expert in public art sales. Member of a Berber family from Kabylia, he is also very involved in Kabyle culture.

Yazid Anani is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and the Master Program in Urban Planning and Landscape-Birzeit University, Palestine.

Artist and researcher Lubnah Ansari is concerned with exercises of silences, intimacies and agencies in India and the UAE.

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

Anjali Arondekar is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and founding Co-Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Matthew Asaminew is a Toronto-based software engineer with diverse interests rooted in music, chemical engineering and coding.

Manal Ataya is a museum professional with over 15 years of senior executive experience in museum development and cultural diplomacy.

Working within the realm of sound, Tarek Atoui is an artist and composer who explores new methods of collaboration and production.

Defne Ayas is the new Director of Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam as of 2012.

Negar Azimi is the Senior Editor of Bidoun Projects.

Anne Barlow is Executive Director of Art in General, New York, a non-profit organisation that supports artists primarily through the commissioning of new work and an international residency exchange programme.