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COVER

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PREVIEWS

Upcoming Exhibitions

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PROFILE

Colonizing Fantasy in Pursuit
of a Unifying Gene The intricate creations of Amina Mansour
Basem El-Barooni

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ART

Going Public: The Development of Current art spaces in the Region
Vasif Kortun

Dead Dogs: A Decade of Public Art Experiments in Tehran
Antonia Carver

The Transformer: Bidoun Meets the Director of the Young
Arab Theatre Fund
Alia Rayyan

The video work of Hassan Khan
Negar Azimi

Breathing Room: Shirazeh Houshiary's Breath in
Lower Manhattan
Brian Ackley

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FILM

Navel Gazing: Welcome to
Big Brother Iranian style
Antonia Carver

From Tehran to Tribeca: Bidoun's Spring Film Festival Diary

BerlinBeirut: An interview with the lovely Myrna Makaroon

Head On Turkish Delight: The winner of this year's Berlinale
Alia Rayyan

Ejteyah (Invasion)
Antonia Carver

Film Reviews in Brief

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MUSIC

From the Bronx to Beirut: A focus on hip hop from the Middle East
Ramsay Short

Meta Music: An interview with DJ Mutamassik

Beirut's CD Theque
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie

DJ Sharif shares a track list

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FASHION

Hand Baggage Control

The Drape and Fold
of Rami Kashou
Porochista Khakpour

Opposites Collapse

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REVIEWS

Death to America
Far Near Distance: Contemporary Positions of Iranian Artists
Tirdad Zolghadr

Sharam Entekhabi
Play Gallery, Berlin
Alia Rayan

Turning Points: 20th Century British Sculpture Museum Contemporary Art, Tehran
Negar Azimi

Poetics of Proximity Chapman Univeristy, Orange, California
Laura J. Kuo

For Bam
Antonia Carver

Rogue Farhad Moshiri at
Kashya Hildebrand, New York
Media Farzin

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HOROSCOPE

by Tehran's classy clairvoyant
Ms. Shenas

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FOOD

Maha Alusi's Modern Makluba

Fatima's Qurb

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SPOTLIGHT

Alwan for the Arts
Dina Ramadan