About Shaima Ayoub:
Shaima Ayoub is a photographer and image-maker from London, currently living and working in Doha. Holding a BA in Fashion Communication from Middlesex University, with a focus on image-making, she went on to receive an MA in Museum and Gallery Practice from UCL. Working with both still and moving image, her work was most recently on display in Saudi Arabia. In 2021, Shaima curated and edited Without Further Ado, a zine celebrating Tasweer’s inaugural Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards.
About Sueraya Shaheen:
Sueraya Shaheen is a photographer, and founder of SURA Art Advisory. A recognised thought leader and authority on photography, with a sharp focus on the Arab World, she co-founded Tribe, a nonprofit publication and platform. As Photo Editor of the magazine, published bi-annually, she focuses on photography and moving image from the region. She has spent the past ten years travelling the region and building an archive of contemporary artists portraits, some of which have been featured in “Arab Photography Now” by Rose Issa and in “Summer, Autumn, Winter, and … Spring: Conversations with Artists from the Arab World” by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath. Her ongoing series ‘ENCOUNTERS’ has been exhibited in London, Mexico City, Houston, and Bahrain.