The Derivative Issue 3 is now online! thederivative.org/issue-03_03-22…

excited to share my introduction to the new issue of Beirut Art Center's magazine The Derivative, which invites guest editors to collect 5 texts+art on 3-letter Arabic roots. my piece is on ب-ش-ر [human] thederivative.org/in-defense-of-… with Mirene Arsanios ش-ب-ح + Rijin Sahakian ح-ر-ق

Text 1 Issue 3 is now out! Make sure to check it out! thederivative.org

the first of 5 texts for The Derivative's issue on ب-ش-ر [human] is online: artist Golrokh Nafisi reflects on "Transcendent Human / Ordinary Human" via the uprisings of Iran 1979 + 2009, Lebanon 2019, and the isolation of the pandemic thederivative.org/golrokh-nafisi…

Each text is accompanied by work from photographer aline deschamps, part of "I am not your animal" (2021), her series on [de]humanization and migrant domestic labour in Lebanon

New text is out! Check it out on thederivative.org

New text by Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 // Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 // @[email protected]@indieweb.social is now out on thederivative.org نص جديد ل@majdal متوفر الان على موقع المشتق thederivative.org

I'm proud of my text in The Derivative. When sumayya commissioned me to write it, I didn't think I'd write something that dances around being a strangerly homo in Beirut while being somewhat scholarly. But here we are. Enjoy!

the second of 5 texts for The Derivative's issue on ب-ش-ر [human] is online: Majd al-Shihabi Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 // @[email protected] on October 2019, ثورة قوم لوط, and sidewalks as an infrastructure of care thederivative.org/for-human-%d8%… featured photograph by aline deschamps

it was really not the best week for this Tel Aviv festival to try to invite me to have an "Israeli premiere" for my film—

New text by #SafaaAlSarray is now out on thederivative.org Translated to English: Sinan Antoon سنان أنطون . نص جديد لصفاء السراي متوفر الان على موقع المشتق thederivative.org ترجمة الى اللغة الانجليزية:Sinan Antoon سنان أنطون

New text by #SuneelaMubayi out now on thederivative.org . نص جديد ل #سونيلا_موباي متوفر الان على موقع المشتق thederivative.org

New text by #HichamSafieddine out now on thederivative.org . نص جديد ل #هشام_صفي_الدين متوفر الان على موقع المشتق thederivative.org

the third of our texts for Beirut Art Center's magazine The Derivative, on the theme ب-ش-ر [human], is now online: "Humans of Hamra" by historian Hicham Safieddine thederivative.org/humans-of-hamr… + artwork by aline deschamps

New text by @Khanabat out now on thederivative.org —— نص جديد ل@Khanabat متوفر الان على موقع thederivative.org

Check out thederivative.org - قوموا بزيارة موقع المشتق thederivative.org

We’ll keep you updated on when we reopen. سنبقيكم على اطلاع حالما نعيد فتح أبوابنا

New text by Andrea Abi-Karam is now out on thederivative.org - نص جديد لاندريا ابي كرم متوفر الآن على موقع المشتق thederivative.org

New text by @hana_sleiman with Beza Girma is now out on thederivative.org - نص جديد لهنا سليمان مع بيزا جيرما متوفر الآن على موقع المشتق thederivative.org

New text by #JananneAlAni is now out on thederivative.org - نص جديد لجنان العاني متوفر الآن على موقع المشتق thederivative.org