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Nada Shabout

Nada Shabout, an editor of this magazine, is associate professor of art history and art education at the University of North Texas.

MER Article

A Makeover

Two clouds kissed silently in the Baghdad sky. I watched them flee westward, perhaps out of shyness, leaving me alone on the bench beneath the French palm tree (so called because it stood in the courtyard in front of the French department) to wait for Areej. I looked for something worth reading in t

Nada Shabout • 13 min read

MER Article

In Between, Fragmented and Disoriented

It is argued that the celebrated Arab protest movements have changed the path of visual arts in the region. Headlines predict that art inspired by the uprisings will be freer and more critical. Artists have partaken in the displays of mass dissent, demonstrating in the streets and protesting further

Nada Shabout • 15 min read