{"id":13568,"date":"2020-09-26T02:29:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/7x7-seven-by-seven-un-progetto-fotografico-collettivo-e-mostra-curati-da-roi-saade\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T21:21:19","slug":"7x7-seven-by-seven-un-progetto-fotografico-collettivo-e-mostra-curati-da-roi-saade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/en\/7x7-seven-by-seven-un-progetto-fotografico-collettivo-e-mostra-curati-da-roi-saade\/","title":{"rendered":"“SEVEN BY SEVEN”: photographic project and exhibition at MAD curated by Ro\u00ef Saade"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 talented young Middle Eastern photographers gathered to provide a personal visual perspective of their city – Baghdad, Beirut, Marrakesh, Tehran, Dubai, Istanbul and Algieri – told on a specific day of the week.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n


\n7X7.\u00a0TRANSCULTURAL NARRATIVES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA<\/strong>,\u00a0curated by\u00a0Ro\u00ef Saade,<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0collaborative photography project across the MENA region in which 7 photographers from 7 different cities are brought together to provide a personal visual story of their city, offering an alternative narrative to the often negative or geopolitical representation of that city in the media. Each photographer was assigned a specific day of the week for a period of time to portray his city from a local and personal point of view, and to replace the contested political images of their native cities. This project aims to present a collective voice that connects throughout the Middle East and North Africa regardless of religious, social or political context, to culminatie in an exhibit at MAD Murate Art District, in 7 newspapers publication and in a digital platform created especially for the project (7×7.middleastnow.it<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

SEVEN BY SEVEN<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is an original project produced by\u00a0<\/span>Middle East Now festival<\/span><\/strong>, conceived and curated by Lebanese artist\u00a0<\/span>Ro\u00ef Saade<\/span><\/strong>, co-produced by\u00a0<\/span>MAD Murate Art District<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The 7 photographers featured in the project are:<\/u><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>Myriam Boulos<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Beirut, Lebanon;\u00a0<\/span>Sina Shiri<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Tehran, Iran;\u00a0<\/span>Abdo Shanan<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Algeri, Algeria;\u00a0<\/span>Amir Hazimi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Baghdad, Iraq;\u00a0<\/span>Reem Falaknaz<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dubai, Emirates;\u00a0<\/span>Erdem Varol<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Istanbul, Turkey;\u00a0<\/span>Mouad Abillat<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Marrakesh, Morocco<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SEVEN BY SEVEN<\/strong> is also presented through a special online platform, which allows visitors to digitally explore the work of the 7 photographers and their visual story of the cities in which they live:<\/span><\/p>\n

7×7.middleastnow.it<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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