Bidoun
v.1:no.1(2004:summer) &
v.1:no.7(2006)- present
In Issue 14: Objects, Sophia Al-Maria writes through her newborn cousin’s Allah-shaped ear into the shimmer of sign, symbol and story, the difference that dissolves into image or mirage, distance that folds and enfolds, the mutable mystery of letters and language. The vectors, the reach of the issue (see sample TOC below) make it a worthy spot to begin to get lost, art’s challenge accepted, a labyrinth of the unshelved. Bidoun means ‘without’ in Arabic and Farsi and its push against the meaning of ‘Middle East’ is a breathing thing that flees easy grasp.
Issue 13: Glory, cover by Babak Radboy
Safya, Issue 25
Issue 1: We Are Spatial
Issue 16: Kids
“Hand Baggage Control,” Issue 1: We Are Spatial
Issue 23: Squares
Issue 1: We Are Spatial
Issue 26: Soft Power
Issue 12: Projects
Issue 14: Objects
Hicham Benohoud, “La Salle de Classe,” Issue 14: Objects
Lisa Farjam, “Sweet Sixteen,” Issue 16: Kids
Roman Ondak, “Sated Table,” Issue 14: Objects
Negar Azimi, “Brown Girl in the Ring,” Issue 18: Interviews
Trisha Donnelly, “Untitled,” Issue 14: Objects
Issue 22: Library
Issue 22: Library
Sophia Al-Maria, “Tone Poem,” with photos by Adrian Gaut, Issue 19: Noise
Issue 1: We Are Spatial
Issue 25
Issue 26: Soft Power
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