Razmig Bedirian

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This week’s list of exhibitions are united by a common thread – textiles as mediums of memory, identity and power. Handwoven artworks created in collaboration with artisans in Afghanistan, raw silk panels dyed using natural materials and royal African attire and textiles symbolising authority, the works in these exhibitions show how textiles transcend their materiality to become profound expressions of cultural narratives and personal stories.

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Zadie Smith, Elif Shafak and Hanif Kureishi are among the 380 writers and organisations from the UK and Ireland that have signed an open letter denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza as genocidal and urging an immediate ceasefire. The letter begins with A Star Said Yesterday, a poem by the late Palestinian poet Hiba Abu Nada, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in October 2023. The poem, imagining a cosmic sanctuary, is a poignant yearning for refuge and safety amidst devastation.

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Emaar has extended the submission deadline for the Burj Khalifa Projection Design Competition, citing “tremendous interest". Creatives now have until June 26 to submit their proposals, giving artists living in the UAE more time to take part in what could shape up to be one of the year’s most anticipated public art opportunities.

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Dreams of the Detainee, 1961, by Inji Efflatoun. Photo: Barjeel Art Foundation Dreams of the Detainee, 1961, by Inji Efflatoun. Photo: Barjeel Art FoundationNew book unfurls the rich life of Inji Efflatoun beyond her time in prisonProject by the Barjeel Art Foundation translates the artist's memoir into English with additional essays

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Jordanian writer Jalal Barjas won the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for the novel Notebooks of the Bookseller. Photo: Shaama Oubayda Mahfoud