November 2015

The human dimension of archives

A multi-disciplinary artist and activist whose work tackles themes like immigration, cultural and national identity, and film history, Brooklyn-based Mariam Ghani also explores the relationship between the artist and the archive.

East meets West

SCOPE gets schooled by Palestinian-Kuwaiti designer Danah Abdal on the importance of resurrecting traditional Arabian design methods. Her workshop series Nagsha is helping western designers to incorporate those methods in new but authentic ways.