Watching people watching you

Written for Read, the Dubai Metro newspaper. Picture courtesy @JoeAkkawi.…


Eid down in Old Town

Tuesday was the first day of Eid here in the UAE. And Dubai was thronging. In…


Hunger. Starvation. Anna Hazare. Inspiration & Art

It's the furore over Anna Hazare and his campaign to combat corruption in India…


Life on the Fringe

The organizers call it the greatest show on Earth. You have to give them mad…


Oslo's many stories

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2011. The recent Oslo attacks…


Art Bus. Do the Art Bus. Why are you so artsy?

I've just returned from Abu Dhabi, on board the Art Bus. We trundled our way to…


Stop motion animation in a 3 Act Circus

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6spSeY6mzj8 If you missed the screening…


Sharjah's little Biennial goes haywire- Director fired for artwork selection

This was meant to be a mild, balmy post about all the vicissitudes of March.…


A visual journey by Jalal Abuthina through Al Badaa, District 333

Walls. Not the sort that divide, but the ones that bring us together.…


Days two and three - ArabNet, Beirut and Bashar

Beirut is a cacophony of delights. And ArabNet is fantastic. Mind you, it’s…