During the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon in 1982, a rumor circulated throughout Akram Zaatari’s hometown, Saida. It was said that an Israeli fighter pilot was ordered to bomb a school there but ...

WIELS presents the first solo exhibition in Belgium by Beirut-based artist Akram Zaatari. Zaatari, born in Saida, Lebanon in 1966, presented one of the most memorable works at the Lebanese Pavilion at ...

'28 Nights and a Poem' by Akram Zaatari sceened within the AFAC Film Week in Cairo Akram Zaatari’s latest documentary, '28 Nights and a Poem,' is an ode to photography and its tools that help preserve ...

“Zaatari’s work combines radio, television, and photographic archival material with his own personal narrative to examine the ideological circulation and geographic production of images in the context ...

FotoFocus is proud to announce Big Tent, the inaugural exhibition at its newly built FotoFocus Center, a 14,700 square foot venue designed specifically to host photographic exhibitions and year-round ...

In this book talk, Gopinath draws on her recently published book Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora, to identify a “queer regional imaginary” in the works of contemporary ...

During the civil war years in Lebanon, Akram Zaatari recorded everyday life in a diary. Explosions, shelters, and also the purchase of a car and driving classes: “contradictions of the life that goes ...

In this weekly series, T’s photo editors share the most compelling visual projects they’ve discovered. Hashem el Madani’s photographs of his midcentury Lebanese neighbors are part of an exhibition ...

The Arab world is often reduced to war-torn clichés; two arresting video installations by the Lebanese artist, who co-founded the Arab Image Foundation, a photography archive, offer a more nuanced ...