Ruba Al-Sweel is a writer and researcher of arts and culture in, from and about the Middle East and North Africa. Her threads of inquiry focus on digital communications and online movements, taking a transdisciplinary approach that sits between semiotics and sociology. Her writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Art Asia Pacific, Vogue, and VICE among others. She holds a master’s degree in media and creative industries from SciencesPo, Paris, and currently manages global and integrated communications at Art Jameel, an independent organisation that supports artists and creative communities.
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Babylonian Neo-mustaqbal: Continental Vibe and the Metaverse
My aim here is to venture a scholarly definition of the Continental Vibe, but allow me to arrive there via an anecdote, or an impression, really – one of my earliest memories of viewing the world as a cast of signs and symbols. A somersault of senses: visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory. A sum of building blocks and a bevy… Read More »