Stories & Insights
Partner Perspectives | Leish Troupe Manifesto 2026
Our colleague and artist Noura Murad who leads the Leish Troupe performance company in Damascus, remained in Syria throughout the long civil war with the Assad regime, committed to the idea she expressed in 2016 of ‘planting hope, even in the darkest times’. Now at the beginning of a new year in Syria, with the chaotic emergence of a new leadership, she reflects in her ‘Manifesto 2026’ on the role artists, and indeed all of us, must play in building the society we wish to live in.
A Conversation with Yama Rahimi
After the recent opening of Surviving Shadows at apexart in New York, we talked with ArtsLink Fellow Yama Rahimi the curator of the exhibition, formerly in Afghanistan and currently located in Frankfurt, Germany.
"SURVIVING SHADOWS", exhibition at apexart NYC | JAN 16 to MAR 14
Opening on January 16th, 'Surviving Shadows - Afghan Art in the Face of Suppression' at apexart NYC curated by Yama Rahimi. Afghan artist, curator, and cultural worker Yama, presents with this exhibition images of pieces that were destroyed, artworks that remain in Afghanistan, art smuggled out of the country, and creations of Afghan artists in exile.
