Arabicity : contemporary Arab art / edited by Rose Issa and Juliet Cestar ; contributions by Rose Issa, Georges Corm, Michket Krifa, Etel Adnan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155).

Art : a weapon of mass discussion / Rose Issa -- Cultural achievements vs Arab regimes' failures / Georges Corm -- The wanderland of the artist citizen / Michket Krifa -- A tragic destiny? / Etel Adnan -- Mona Hatoum -- Abdul Rahman Katanani -- Raeda Saadeh -- Amer Shomali -- Emily Jacir -- Khalil Rabah -- Taysir Batniji -- Tarek Al-ghoussein -- Sharif Waked -- Chant Avedissian -- Fathi Hassan -- Susan Hefuna -- Nabil Boutros -- Youssef Nabil -- Ayman Baalbaki -- Tagreed Darghouth -- Katya Traboulsi -- Said Baalbaki -- Nada Sehnaoui -- Rabih Mrou⥠-- Walid Raad -- Marwan Rechmaoui -- Adel Abidin -- Mahmoud Obaidi -- Ayad Alkadhi -- Jananne Al-Ani -- Khaled Barakeh -- Buthayna Ali -- Bady Dalloul -- Hassan Hajjaj -- Batoul S'Himi -- Zoulikha Bouabdellah -- Kader Attia -- Mounir Fatmi -- Lalla Essaydi -- Manal Al Dowayan -- Jowhara Alsaud -- Adbulnasser Gharem -- Ahmed Mater.

Arabicity reflects on four decades of the aesthetic, conceptual, and socio-political concerns of contemporary Arab artists. Beautifully produced, it features over 200 artworks by 50 Arab artists including Bahia Shehab, Ayman Baalbaki, Hassan Hajjaj, and Raeda Saadeh, who explore their cultural heritage, and themes such as memory, destruction, and conflict, with great warmth, humour and visual poetry. Whether through video art, painting, photography or installation, these artists challenge the confines of their identity, resist stereotyping, and reshape the parameters of their cultural traditions. In their diverse media and subject matter, their works reflect the pulse of the region. In chaos they discover what endures.