Sarah A. Rifky

Sarah Rifky is a curator and writer based in Cairo, Egypt. She is the co-founder of the Beirut art initiative.

Opinion

Sarah A. Rifky

Not a hunger artist: Laila Soueif and the silence of the state

ach time I come across a new photograph of Laila Soueif, I’m engulfed by a nameless feeling. It is

19 May 2025

Sarah A. Rifky

January letters: To Malak

I want to focus on life and not death, on natality and not mortality

28 January 2021

Sarah A. Rifky

Absurd history, absolute future

Revolution is not a given, but a constantly changing concept.

26 January 2021

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On the creative impulse under violence: What is the point of making art during genocide?

Sama Waly and Sarah A. Rifky | Multidisciplinary artist Ash Moniz has turned art-making into aid relief for Gaza

17 December 2025

Cairo Photo Week 2025 and the spectacle of scale

Sarah A. Rifky | The prevailing impression across most venues is that this is an exhibition in reverse

18 May 2025

Museum, market and a missing C: My visit to Art Cairo 2025

Sarah A. Rifky | Rifky considers the complex dynamics of ownership and provenance in Egypt’s contemporary art scene.

19 March 2025

Mario and Tamara

Sarah A. Rifky | Mario. The Exhibitionist — the art journal, not a naked person flashing — once asked me to contribute

10 March 2025

The image of Gaza

Sarah A. Rifky | A woman lies in the grass, Odalisque-like, but in a dress, shielding her eyes from the sun. A larger

7 February 2025

Innocuous Colonialism: I, Pet Lion

Sarah A. Rifky | While I was studying for a teach-in I co-organized for students in the US on Palestine and Israel last

5 January 2025

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