Published Work
MAGHRAS: A Farm for Experimentation
Milan 2026
Launched on 1 February 2026, Maghras: A Farm for Experimentation brings together months of research, documentation of programming, and wider conversations on agriculture, infrastructure, and intangible heritage. The publication is available for purchase through Kaph Books and selected bookstores internationally, as well as online.
Structured through a series of commissioned illustrations that set the rhythm of the book, the publication traces a story of Al Ahsa through the entanglements of ecology, community, craft, water infrastructure, and history. With oral history as a central research methodology, the book engages storytelling alongside critical reflections from the Maghras team and invited regional practitioners.
Editors: Lulu Almana, Sara Al Omran, and Latifa Al Khayat
Authors: Civil Architecture, Deema Al Ghunaim, Dzidula Courage Kpodo, Fatima Al Hajji, Fatma & Reem Al Sehlawi, Ghaidaa Gutub, Latifa Al Khayat, Leen Ajlan, Lulu Almana, Mariam Alnoaimi, Mohammed Al Faraj, Sara Al Omran, Sawtasura, and Thamer Al Sunaidi.
Illustrations: Nada Al Mulla
Maps: Hayes Buchanan
Publication Design: world Frank Javier Mondragón with Khaled Esguerra
Copyedited, translated, and published by Kaph Books.
Photo credit: Abdulrahman Al Suroor
NAKTUB ZINE
Kuwait 2021 - present
NAKTUB ZINE is a publication showcasing the outcome of an Arabic creative writing workshop for children. It is published biannually in a limited edition of 70 copies to be given to the participants, guests, production team and supporters.
Editors: Deema Alghunaim - Lolwa Alkandari
Design Team: Suad Alfraih - Mariam Mandani
Riso printed by Warshagraph
Production Team: Ksenia Graovac - Farah Omrani
Sponsors: The Promenade Cultural Centre
Earthly Wonders, Celestial Beings
Abu Dhabi 2019
Commissioned curatorial text and a series of poems responding to Rand Abduljabbar’s work of glazed stoneware. Her work is first exhibited at NYUAD.
DESIRED LANDSCAPES / Issue 01
Greece 2018
Desired landscapes exist in our fantasies. They are postcards depicting distant vistas – unvisited or perhaps unforgettable. Projections of possible homes, of streets yet to be discovered and of urban clichés to be demystified. This magazine is all about that. It explores the sense of a place. It is a collection of person-to-place bonds, urban observations and poetic snapshots.
Issue 1 takes you to ATHENS – TOKYO – MUNICH – ISTANBUL – LOS ANGELES – BEIRUT – LONDON – KUWAIT – BERLIN – MOSCOW – PARIS
DESIRED LANDSCAPES / Issue 04
Greece 2020
Travel without traveling. This magazine came out from the urge to create a vehicle for just that. As an unfortunate surprise, that became even more relevant during Covid-19 days. Instead of designing maps of routes, we now count walking distances, to see who are we allowed to see. With this issue, we rethought walking, the hotel, online meetings and telepathy. Sometimes, the experience of reading a text about a city can be more enlightening than an actual visit. And a city's image can be more rewarding.
Issue 4 takes you to BUDAPEST – VILNIUS – ALGIERS – KUWAIT – ATHENS – LISBON – VIENNA – BUENOS AIRES – ANAFI – NEW YORK