The Research Platform Celebrating Artistic Pioneers From West Asia & North Africa

Founded in 2020 by Wadha Al-Aqeedi and Elina Sairanen, Mathqaf (مَثقَف) is an online space committed to platforming art and culture from West Asia and North Africa (WANA). As a research-based platform and a curatorial collective, Mathqaf publishes, curates, collaborates and champions art through the documentation of artists’ lives and institutional histories, alongside producing articles…

Try Making Chef Ajay Chaurasia’s Delicious Masala Dosa At Home

Following the success of his first restaurant in Vauxhall, chef and founder Ajay Chaurasia has now launched Bombay Delight in Wimbledon. Bringing hidden gems of Indian cuisine to southwest London, the new menu features a number of lesser-known, regional Indian dishes alongside all-time favourites, with a focus on using fresh ingredients and fragrant spices to…

5 Brilliant Artists’ Books To Add To Your Library

In contrast to an art book, catalogue or monograph, which is produced primarily to present artworks created in another medium, the term “artists’ books” describes publications that have been conceived as artworks in their own right. The book is a medium that allows an artist’s work to be accessible to a wide audience in diverse…

5 Cultural Producers Shaping Yemen’s Creative Landscape

With its long sea border between eastern and western civilisations, Yemen has long existed at a crossroads of cultures with a strategic location for trade. Large settlements have existed in the mountains of northern Yemen as early as 5000 BCE. In current times, the on-going conflict in the country has resulted in one of the…

Try Making Magnet Fréda’s Delectable Coconut, Rum & Tamarind Cake At Home

Decadently laden with cream cheese frosting in every colour imaginable, infused with diverse flavours from tamarind and balsamic, to lavender, black pepper and raspberry, chef-artist Magnet Fréda’s mesmeric cakes come encrusted with everything from sumptuous slices of pink, white and black dragon fruit, glistening pomegranate seeds and shaggy rambutans, to fragrant sprigs of sage and…

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