Tamara Abdul Hadi
Is an Iraqi photographer whose work deals with the historical and contemporary representation of her culture in its diversity.In addition to being a photographer, Tamara is an educator who has taught photography courses in Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Tunisia, and Canada. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The National, Huck Magazine, VICE, Slate and others.Abdul Hadi was a founder of Rawiya Collective, a cooperative of female photographers in the Middle East. She is a member of We Are The Medium, an art collective of interdisciplinary artists working independently.She frequently collaborates with Roï Saade, her partner in life and vision.Tamara holds an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her photographs have been exhibited in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Hungary, Canada and the United States.