Conversations with Arabiyon Artists

Serenity in Colours: a conversation with Patricia Hakim
Serenity in Colours: a conversation with Patricia Hakim
|Nour Almoujabber
Patricia Hakim is a novelist who didn't expect to become a painter. What follows is a conversation about the difference between writing and painting, the bare hands and bubble wrap... Lire plus...
Purple Took Over: a conversation with Nour Arkilo
Purple Took Over: a conversation with Nour Arkilo
|Nour Almoujabber
A conversation with Nour Arkilo on purple, permission, and choosing the easy way on purpose. The artist insists, more than once, that she is a designer and not an artist,... Lire plus...
Logic, Emotions, and Poise: a conversation with Lama
Logic, Emotions, and Poise: a conversation with Lama
|Nour Almoujabber
A conversation with Lama on duality, the four elements, and the woman who showed up after immigration. An architect, a sustainability professional, a tango dancer and DJ, a mountain guide, and... Lire plus...
The Magnet Behind Art: a conversation with Nay Azar
The Magnet Behind Art: a conversation with Nay Azar
|Nour Almoujabber
Nay Azar is a writer and director who also paints, and she doesn't see them as separate people. In this conversation, she talks about the oil painting she asked her... Lire plus...
Five Senses: a conversation with ABA'z
Five Senses: a conversation with ABA'z
|Nour Almoujabber
Ahmad draws almost entirely in black line, a habit born from having only a pencil and a twelve-color set as a kid. In this conversation, translated from Arabic, he talks... Lire plus...
A War I Decided to Take: a conversation with Mohamad Kaaki
A War I Decided to Take: a conversation with Mohamad Kaaki
|Nour Almoujabber
Mohamad Kaaki runs two pages: Mashkhara, built for instant viral reach, and his own name, where the work is heavier and has gotten him banned and threatened. In this conversation,... Lire plus...
Numéro Zéro: a conversation with Noémie Naoumi
Numéro Zéro: a conversation with Noémie Naoumi
|Nour Almoujabber
Noémie Naoumi talks about the color language she built in her first comic book, the artists who've stopped her cold (Caland, Dr. Atl, Kandinsky), and the one piece from every... Lire plus...
True Single Line: a conversation with Pauline Njeim
True Single Line: a conversation with Pauline Njeim
|Nour Almoujabber
Pauline's first piece of art was made out of rope on a childhood floor. Since then, everything she makes starts the same way: with a single line. In this conversation,... Lire plus...
Still Going Forward: a conversation with Sammy
Still Going Forward: a conversation with Sammy
|Nour Almoujabber
Sammy was a five-year-old selling hand-drawn butterflies out of a piggy bank at her own birthday party. In this conversation she talks about painting through her hardest nights, her kinship... Lire plus...