CURATORIAL: Palestine and a Promised Land July 2021
Laura Boushnak curated a show titled “Palestine, and a Promised Land “ at the Red Cross building in Sarajevo as part of the Warm Festival July 05-07 2021. The show includes the work of photographers Samar Abu Elouf, Samar Hazboun, Raya Manaa, Fatima Shbair, and singer Amal Kaawash. Exhibition designed by Lejla Mrak.
Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa Feb 2021
I Read I Write: Egypt-Illiteracy series is included in the British Museum’s recent publication, that brings together a collection of work from the British Museum for the first time.
Photo Essay published in Norton Rose Fulbright January 2021, issue #18, with foreword by Lebanese author Hanan Al Shaykh
Interview by Eef Ludwig Featured on LensCulture September 2020.
COLLECTOR Daily | Book Review, May 2020.
“I Read I Write tells an important story about the state of education in the Arab region, and it highlights success stories rather than presenting us with deprivation, failure, and broken dreams – it’s meant to inspire and is quite successful in doing so.”
The National | Interview by Melissa Gronlund, January 2020.
How photographer Laura Boushnak is celebrating Arab women challenging norms.
The New York Times, Bosnia, November, 2020.
Amnesia Grips a Bosnian Spa That Served as a Rape Camp
A forest health resort promotes its therapeutic waters and fine dining but bristles with anger at any mention of its gruesome past.
Text by Andrew Higgins.
The New York Times, Macedonia, July, 2020.
Film Crew Spent 3 Years in Remote Balkan Hamlet. Will They Ever Leave?
Nominated for two Oscars, “Honeyland” charted the tensions between a hermitic beekeeper and her disorderly neighbors. Now the filmmakers are struggling to disentangle themselves from their subjects.
Text by Patrick Kingsley
The New York Times, Front Page, Nigeria, March 2020.
They Ordered Her to Be a Suicide Bomber. She Had Another Idea.
Hundreds of women in Nigeria have been recruited by Boko Haram as suicide bombers, but some managed to outsmart the terrorist group. This is one woman’s story.
Text By Dionne Searcey
The New York Times, Front Page, Egypt, Feb 2020.
For Thousands of Years, Egypt Controlled the Nile. A New Dam Threatens That.
Text by By Declan Walsh and Somini Sengupta
The New York Times, Front Page, Samos, Greece, January 2020.
The Scenic Isle Where the World’s Chaos Comes Home to Roost
On Samos, islanders and asylum seekers bear the shared brunt of forces beyond their control — like chaos in the Middle East and the cold shoulder of the European Union.
Text by Jason Horowitz