Story of Water and Fire
Authored by poet, critic, translator, and author May Muzaffar.
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al Mawrid is a research center and archive dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the visual arts of the Arab world. Through a range of activities that include fellowships, research projects, conferences and colloquia, as well as the construction of a unique digital archive, al Mawrid aims to be a major resource for scholars, independent researchers, and for educational and art institutions. Materials licensed to be made available to the public will be accessible through an archive portal that will launch next year.
The center’s archive encompasses the Arab Art Archive, which acquires primary source materials pertaining to modern and contemporary art across the Arab world, and the Akkasah Photography Archive, which documents different histories and practices of photography in the broader region with a focus on the UAE and the Gulf. al Mawrid’s research operation has two arms: one dedicated to formulating new analytic categories for the history of Arab art, and Haraka: Experimental Lab for Arab Art and Social Thought, which takes the intellectual life of the region as a starting point for exploring alternative modes of knowledge production about its societies and history.
The Center is part of the NYUAD Research Institute and works in collaboration with faculty in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences serving faculty research and undergraduate education.
Authored by poet, critic, translator, and author May Muzaffar.
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Email: nyuad.almawrid@nyu.edu
Phone: +971 2 6287871
Mailing / Physical address:
al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art
Building C2-353, New York University Abu Dhabi,
Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE