Middle-East

An exploration into the wild and wonderful world of Luísa Correia Pereira (1945–2009), an obscure jewel of late modernism and "enfant terrible" of the Portuguese art scene.

A diverse compendium of writing and visual art that addresses pertinent issues found in the work of artist Hiwa K.

A personal reflection on fragmentation, language, and place.

A retrospective of a deeply prolific and fruitful period in Huguette Caland's career, spent in Paris between 1970 and 1987, during which the Lebanese artist, giving birth to her joyful eroticism and freeing herself from all conventions, reinvented herself and produced some of her greatest masterpieces.

A survey of contemporary design from the Arab World.

A broad overview of the evolution of the Saudi art scene from the 1950s to the present day.

Launching a series of children's books published by Kaph in Beirut, Saud's Adventure in the Art World recounts the initiatory wanderings of a child lost in a museum.

Two Thousand Years of Non-Urban History revisits the founding principles of architectural and landscape discourse in the Arabian Peninsula. The publication explores instances of pre-oil planning, ranging from desert kites to fish traps and water channels, upending the toolset for thinking through architecture's relationship to its context.

The edition offers a new approach to what Ines Weizman names "documentary architecture," meaning that to write about the history of a building is also to map the world in which it is located.

Revised edition of Louise Colet's Voyage en Orient (1873), a vibrant account of the poet, novelist, journalist, and famous mistress of Flaubert's wonder-filled discovery of 19th-century Egypt.

The monumental catalogue (some 1200 pages in four volumes, housed in an 8kg box set) of the 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale, combining ancient heritage and contemporary art, featuring over 500 historical objects and 29 contemporary art commissions.

The guide and extension of the third edition of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (2026), featuring 67 international artists.

The first print edition of Daftar, the online media edited by Afikra, a platform focused on the history, debates, and cultures of the Arab world.

First comprehensive publication devoted to Turkish performance artist Moni (Salim Özgilik).

The prospects opened up for architectural education by the pioneering initiative of the Um Slaim school in Riyadh.

First monograph devoted to the explosive and colorful abstract paintings of the Iranian artist.

A spectacular journey through 80 major works of modern and contemporary art (by Picasso, Kandinsky, Joan Mitchell, and Hockney to Manal AlDowayan, Etel Adnan, and Imran Qureshi) in AlUla, an oasis located on the ancient incense route, taking the image of the "garden in the desert" as a starting point for artistic reflection on the evolving relationship between humans and nature.

A wide-ranging series of portraits of women from Lebanon, visually telling their story and their relationship with the country, 50 years after the beginning of the civil war.

Created for instrumental ensemble, electronics and film, Castle Terraces in Barry Lyndon is a spacious and quietly enigmatic work by composer and writer Zeynep Toraman, bringing together clarinet, cello, violin, electric guitar and electronic textures with a subtly unfolding visual layer.

Interview with one of the great figures of art photography today, in which Sophie Ristelhueber reflects on her own carrer and practice.

Published in the Noor's Heroes children's book series that celebrates inspiring figures from the Arab world, this story introduces the legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum.

Published in the Noor's Heroes children's book series that celebrates inspiring figures from the Arab world, this book traces the rise of Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian footballer who went from playing on dusty village fields to scoring for the world's biggest clubs.

In this moving story, published in the Noor's Heroes children's book series that celebrates inspiring figures from the Arab world, young readers follow Mahmoud Darwish, the celebrated Palestinian poet whose words became a voice for the displaced.

Published in the Noor's Heroes children's book series that celebrates inspiring figures from the Arab world, this volume explores the creative life of Saloua Raouda Choucair, a pioneering Lebanese artist who challenged norms through geometry, abstraction, and sculpture.

This volume traces the history and the political, cultural, and artistic legacy of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), one of the great powers of the medieval world, known both for its formidable military force and its flourishing artistic production.

Centered on the Al Ahsa region, one of the world's oldest and largest oases, Maghras: A Farm for Experimentation (accompanying the inaugural Saudi Pavilion at the 24th Triennale di Milano, marking Saudi Arabia's first participation in this global architecture and design platform) reimagines the farm as a site of collective inquiry, where environmental change, cultural memory, and community practices converge.

This volume traces the history and the political, cultural, and artistic legacy of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), one of the great powers of the medieval world, known both for its formidable military force and its flourishing artistic production.

A story by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay about traditional crafts and the power of community, in an illustrated children's book in two complementary parts, French and Arabic.

A comprehensive survey of Ahmet Doğu İpek's artistic journey over a decade.

An artist book providing an immersive entry point into Valentin Noujaïm's cinematic world.

This second edition of Alcove deepens the archive of Modern Arab art through 30 new personal essays.

Amid the relentless and unprecedented violence of the ongoing assault on Gaza, On the Zero Line emerges as a polyphonic collection of diaristic writings from Gazan people, offering a raw and vital attestation to their daily struggle for survival, memory, and even moments of ordinary life under siege.

Artist's book.

Echoes, vibrations, transmissions, and shared energies between Sufism and contemporary artistic practices.

Art Across the Arabian Gulf brings together 78 pioneering artists from across the Gulf to trace the region's artistic evolution from the mid-twentieth century through the 1990s.

An exploration of the role of writing in the artistic practice of Huguette Caland (1931-2019).

An exploration of the role of writing in the artistic practice of Huguette Caland (also available in English edition).

A collective artists' book based on a fictional character by Natascha Sadr Haghighian.

An exploration of artistic expression rooted in the diverse traditions of Islamic art and culture.

This publication is a dynamic archive, the legacy of The Land Remembers, the Lebanese National Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Harnessing local knowledge, it responds with urgency to the intentional destruction of nature and societies in Lebanon.

The screenplay for the Lebanese film written by Abboudy Mallah.

The third installment in the Dongola Architecture Series explores the provocative and often polarizing practice of Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury through an intimate lens rooted in Beirut.

The Um Slaim School forms part of a propositional pedagogy for contemporary urbanism in Riyadh, expanding on the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Biennale Architettura 2025, and the work of Riyadh-based practice Syn Architects (Sara Alissa and Nojoud Alsudairi).

This enchanting convening of texts and images, diaries and epistles celebrates a unique voice and ongoing dialogue around the erotics of art.

An in-depth look at nearly two decades of artistic output by the Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma al-Sharif.

A previously unheard recording of a concert by Pakistani vocalist Salamat Ali Khan.