In Scratching on Things I Could Disavow (2012) — an artwork and performance on the history of art in the Arab world — Lebanese artist Walid Raad clarifies to his…
"I am an Egyptian, but I will never, in any way, be an Arab.”
*This title recalls and subverts the Western gaze
I have dilemmas about not losing my Arabic, not sacrificing the Arabic language at the altar of English
It’s ironic that Sadat knew for sure that Negm would be in power much longer than himself.
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