PAST EVENT: This was part of the EAF25 programme.

For EAF25, EAF and Beirut-based feminist art collective Haven for Artists hosted celebrations of the UK launch of their new print publication: I Will Always Be Looking For You: A Queer Anthology on Arab Art.

To celebrate the launch, Haven for Artists hosted a party that centers queer Arab joy and transnational solidarity. The event featured a line-up of DJs and artists from Beirut and Scotland alike: MAWADa, KAMẸRA, and 3MR.

This launch was be the public debut of the first print edition of what is envisioned as a continuing series of anthologies. It was a celebration of queer resistance, Arab artistic brilliance, and the communities that sustain both.

About the Book

I Will Always Be Looking For You: A Queer Anthology on Arab Art is a radical, four-year-long project created in response to the systemic erasure of queer voices in mainstream examinations of Arab art. This anthology gathers the works of 55 artists and writers from 13 Arabic-speaking countries in a wide range of genres. Together, the works document and expand the definition of queerness in the Arab world — not as a fixed identity, but as a generative force, a method, a rupture, and a refusal.

Related Programme

See more related events and exhibitions:
→ Haven for Artists: I Will Always Be Looking For You Launch Talk at Custom Lane, East to Leith

Funded by the British Council and the Doria Feminist Fund.