Introduction to the project On reading the letters of Gertrude Bell written during her time in Mesopotamia/Iraq and addressed primarily to her family in Britain, Iraqi artist Hanaa Malallah, now residing in the UK, instantly recognises a correspondence between herself and Bell, a reversal of positions and circumstances between them. Bell had turned her back on the restrictions of a life prescribed for her as a wife and mother in Victorian Britain, pursuing instead a life of adventure in the...

Through The Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq​ (group show) My practice addresses one subject in particular—Ruins—but from...

Salah Al Hithni Museum, Iraq 18th – 28th November, 2022 This exhibition is part of the ongoing research project Ruins, Rubble and...