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IN 2014, AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF INCREASED ANTI-ARAB AND ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, EDGE OF ARABIA EMBARKED ON A MULTI-YEAR TOUR ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH THE AIM TO CONNECT ARAB AND US ARTISTS AND INSPIRE BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONS. WE CALLED THE PROJECT CULTURUNNERS.
Palestinian artist, Khaled Jarrar, travels along the US / Mexican border from San Diego / Tijuana to El Paso / Juarez, making a new artwork that takes the border wall as its raw material.
After the US Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline, Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater joins protesters at Standing Rock to celebrate their victory.
A group of young Saudi Arabian artists travel from Texas to California, exhibiting their work and confronting their audience’s fears, prejudices and stereotypes.
Khalid Albaih, a Sudanese political cartoonist, explores race, politics, and the shared struggle for human and civil rights between the Arab World and the United States.
TEAM WITH SARA OUHADDOU AND MARWEN FARHAT
2017
SARA OUHADDOU ON THE ROOF OF THE RV IN TENNESSEE DURING HER CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD TRIP
2017
NUGAMSHI PERFORMANCE DURING EPICENTER X OPENING AT THE ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM DETROIT
2016
PERFORMANCE OF AHAAD ALAMOUDI’S TINI WARWAR AT GENERA#ION, MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT IN SF
2016
AHMED MATER WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT ON THE RV AT STANDING ROCK
2016
KHALED JARRAR IN TIJUANA DURING HIS JOURNEY ALONG THE US MEXICO BORDER
2015
ARTISTS YAZAN KHALILI, ANNE SENSTAD & FELICIA CASTRO ON THE ROOF OF THE RV IN IOWA
2015
EDGE OF ARABIA AND ART JAMEEL PARTNERED WITH THE ARMORY SHOW TO PRESENT FOCUS: MENAM
2015
EDGE OF ARABIA CO-FOUNDER, AHMED MATER SPEAKING AT CULTURUNNERS SYMPOSIUM AT MIT
2014
CULTURUNNERS RV, A CORE COMPONENT OF OUR US TOUR, AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
2014
