Umber Majeed's lecture performance uses family archives to explore surveillance, capital & resistance in Pakistan's mega-developments. Stay for the Q&A after the lecture!

September 19, from 2-4 PM

Join us for our Book Salon about Decolonizing Afghanistan through Art on September 16th, from 6 to 8PM at Twelve Gates Arts, 106 North 2nd St. Philadelphia, PA.

This event will feature contributors, artists, and curators, Tausif Noor, Laimah Osman, Wazhmah Osman, and Gazelle Samizay speaking on contemporary Afghan art, including photography, prints, multimedia works, and installation art, that engages with questions of borders, (im)mobility, diaspora, family, cultural traditions, colonialism, and war.

Twelve Gates will host a public scholarly conversation that engages 12G's iteration of Common Ground, honoring Mohammed Omer Khalil's legacy.

The panel will explore Khalil's work on view and draw connections between his practice and South Asia. The conversation will feature scholar of Black Diasporic Art, Anna Arabindon-Kesson, Sudanese historian, Bayan Abubakr, and others, to be announced.

*Maximum of 2 tickets per person