Rijin Sahakian

Rijin Sahakian is an Iraqi-born writer, curator and artist who lives in the United States. Her work links creative and environmental practice, history and public life. She founded Sada, an arts education project for Baghdad-based artists that ran until 2015. She was a resident researcher at Darat al Funun in Amman in 2012. Her essays have appeared in e-flux journal, Artforum, Hyperallergic and Jadaliyya, and she has curated exhibitions including Iraq: Reframe (2007).