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"Since moving to New York from Kuwait City, Maha Alasaker learned that the everyday American has no conception of what daily life is like for women in modern-day Kuwait. Seeking to address this, Alasaker began making portraits of women in their bedrooms and asking them about their lives. This intimate collection of environmental portraits provides a never-before-seen look at what it means to be a young woman in Kuwait."--Publisher's website.
About the author
Maha Alasaker is a Kuwaiti visual artist based in New York City. Her work is focused on fine art, fashion and editorial photography.
Alasaker's work has been published in magazines such as Harper Bazaar Arabia, Vogue Arabia, Marie Claire, Lady Gunn, and Material Girl to name a few.
Maha has been featured in numerous exhibitions in New York City ,London , United Arab of Emirate and Kuwait. Her personal work engages with identity and cultural issuesNada Faris is a Kuwaiti writer and performance poet known as “Kuwait’s Finest.” She writes poetry, articles and fiction in English, and is an Honorary Fellow in Writing at Iowa University’s International Writing Program (IWP) and an alumna of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), USA. Her book Fountain of Youth is the 2016 Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award Semi-Finalist and is available from Vine Leaves Press. Mischief Diary, a collection of funny short stories for young adults, is available from Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press. For more information visit: www.nadafaris.com.is a partner at JAMM Gallery
Summary
Since moving to New York from Kuwait City Maha Alasaker learned that the everyday American has no conception of what daily life is like for women in modern-day Kuwait. Seeking to address this, Alasaker began making portraits of women in their bedrooms and asking them about their lives. This intimate collection of environmental portraits provides a
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Photo magazines: Aperture, Photo District News, Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Shutterbug, The Photo Review, British Journal of Photography, Photographer’s Forum, Photo-Eye, among others.
Niche: Feminist magazines (Ms., Ragazine, Bust, Bitch, Jezebel, Diva, Refinery 29, Curve), Women/Fashion magazines (Marie Claire, Elle, More, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, Elle Décor), T Magazine (New York Times), Home & Design, Dwell, Print, Wallpaper, Whitewall, Design Observer
Middle Eastern Media: to be researched + will pull from media secured for previous projects about artists and subjects from the Middle East, i.e., Canvas, Islamic Arts Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Art, Arabia,
General interest publications (books, art, culture): The New Yorker, Harper’s, New York Review of Books, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, etc.
Trade press: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Choice
Top Market Newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian (UK), The Independent (UK), The Sunday Times (UK), etc.
Blogs/Online: Hyperallergic, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Feature Shoot, Lenscratch, aCurator, Musee magazine, We-Heart, Colossal, etc.
Broadcast: NPR programs (national and local), BBC, CNN, Aljazeera
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“...an unprecedented glimpse into these women’s private, more authentic lives.”,
- Rolling Stone
