Sama Alshaibi: Sand Rushes In

Sama Alshaibi talks about her newest photobook, “Sand Rushes In” where she explores the landscape of conflict in North Africa and West Asia.
 - March 13, 2015

Sama Alshaibi talks about her newest book, Sand Rushes In. Alshaibi’s lyrical multimedia work explores the landscape of conflict: the ongoing competition for land, resources, and power in North Africa and West Asia, and the internal battle for control between fear and fearlessness. Alshaibi uses the desert, borders, and the body as overarching symbols of the geopolitical and environmental issues and histories linking the Arab-speaking world.

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