Issue

KANISHKA RAJA, Cruise (Green Stripes), 2008, oil on canvas, 152 x 213 cm.

Mumbai: Kanishka Raja

NONA GARCIA, Skeleton at the Feast, 2009, oil on canvas, 183 x 244 cm.

Milan: Southeast B(l)ooming

RULA HALAWANI, Intimacy, 2004, archival black-and-white fiber-based print, 42 x 72 cm. Courtesy the artist. ANISA ASHKAR, Me And Paul Klee Painting, 2004, C-print, 80 x 120 cm.

London: Aperture 27,000

SERKAN ÖZKAYA, foreground: Goldenboy, 2006; on pedestal: Shit on a Stick, 2008; on floor: Proletarier Aller Laender, 1998–2009.

New York: Serkan Özkaya

KEREN CYTTER, Les Ruissellements du Diable, 2008, video stills, video, 10 min 43 sec.

New York: Keren Cytter

VON KOMMANIVANH, All Hoods, 2008, mixed media on canvas, 92 x 92 in.

Chicago: Von Kommanivanh

RANJANI SHETTAR, Sun-sneezers blow light bubbles, 2007–08, stainless steel, muslin cloth, tamarind kernel powder paste, lacquer, dimensions variable.

Fort Worth: Ranjani Shettar

(Left) EMILY JACIR, By Emily Jacir, Rasha Salt & Adiana Shibli, Published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg, 2008, Hardcover with color illustrations, 96 pages.(Bottom) PALEST

NEW TITLES ON WEST ASIA / BOOK REVIEWS: Protest and Resist

Shezad Dawood sitting in his studio in London, 2009.

Shezad Dawood

Illustration by Hanae Ko

THE LAST WORD: Preemptive Repatriation

Obituary: Ibrahim Hussein

NOBUYUKI OURA, Holding Perspective, 1982–85, one of 14 lithograph and silkscreen prints. Courtesy the artist.

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Getting Back on Track

Fireworks at the opening night of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, 2008. Courtesy Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.

NEWS: Doha – New Museum in Qatar Celebrates Islamic Culture