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Marwa Benhalim

@marwaadelbenhalim

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Artist & Curator 🇱🇾 🇪🇬
@switchboard.studio @cairoartbookfair
@attempting_abla_nazira @ta3amana

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“the void remembers” - my short film, currently on view at @ciccairo in Roznama 8 by @medrar_

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Swaying between fiction, heartbreak and trauma, “the void remembers” merges archival footage, text and song into a non-linear journey of emotional turmoil, devastation and the mundane. Fusing the anxiety of anticipation with radical emotional disenchantment, while tracing a catastrophe’s effect beyond its point of origin. It reflects on the premise that production of ones present is only possible after an event of sudden damage or change.

“the void remembers” is part of ‘1970 Reimagined’ program - a collaboration between the G.William Jones Film & Video Collection, Hamon Arts Library at SMU. All footage used is from 1970 Dallas Channel 8 News. taken in CIC - Contemporary Image Collective by @marwaadelbenhalim

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Brazil
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@capacete.capacete summer 2026
Thanks to @mophradat

Image 2: Micro Fair @_tijuana
Image 3: Colcha de Retalhos, No Martins, 2026
Image 5: @deliciaimpressa @soypeulima
Image 6: @ambua___
Image 11: Lucy at @helmutbatista farm
Image 12: @seimpri.me
Image 13: Cloud Cloud, Nuvem Nuvem, Miami, 2006
Image 15: Rio by @marwaadelbenhalim

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⁨ انضموا إلينا يوم الأحد 11 أكتوبر لحضور حفل إطلاق الكتاب المصوّر «ليالي الثلاثاء»، يتبعه نقاش مع الفنانة ومؤلفة الكتاب نورهان معيوف، تدير النقاش الفنانة والقَيّمة مروة بن حليم.

في معهد جوته ٥ شارع البستان وسط البلد الساعة ٧ مساءا.

عن الكتاب:
في ظل انتشار جائحة خيالية تُعرف باسم Z-50، تجتمع مجموعة من الأصدقاء سرًا كل يوم ثلاثاء للطهي معًا وابتكار وصفات طعام، رغم فقدانهم حاسة التذوق. من خلال أحاديثهم، تتكشف تدريجيًا أبعاد الأزمة الممتدة وآثارها على حياتهم وعلاقاتهم.

مراجعة تحريرية: سلمى الطرزي
الترجمة للإنجليزية: نور كامل
تصميم غلاف الكتاب: عثمان ستو

تم انتاج الكتاب بدعم من مشروع حلقات الذي ينفذه معهد جوته بدعم من الاتحاد الأوربي.⁩

الصورة المستخدمة في الاعلان من داخل الكتاب. by @marwaadelbenhalim

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⁨ ⁨ ⁨ ⁨ [English below] 📖 💭 ✏️
يفتح باب التقديم في 15 يوليو لمنشور "صالون أرز": ثيمات و معاني يتيحها التأمل في الأرز وجغرافياته وحيواته المختلفة في دول وثقافات الجنوب.. مع دعوة مفتوحة للجميع للمشاركة.

نرحب بمجموعة واسعة من الأعمال البحثية والإبداعية والأدبية بالعربية والإنجليزية، على أن يتم الإعلان عن تفاصيل وإرشادات التقديم قريبًا.

للمزيد من المعلومات حول البرنامج ككل، يمكن زيارة salonsufra.com في البايو

هذا مشروع تعاون بين @sufra_archive @ta3amana and @hounanow

Call for submissions opens on July 15 for the “Rice Salon” issue: themes and meanings opened up by reflecting on rice, its geographies, and its diverse lives across countries and cultures of the Global South, with an open invitation for all to participate.

We welcome a wide range of research-based, creative, and literary works in both Arabic and English. Full submission details and guidelines will be announced soon.

🔗 For more information about the program as a whole, please visit salonsufra.com in the bio.⁩⁩⁩⁩

This is a project collaboration by @sufra_archive @ta3amana and @hounanow by @marwaadelbenhalim

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Residentes 2026.1 | @marwaadelbenhalim

Marwa Benhalim é uma artista, curadora e pesquisadora líbio-egípcia radicada em Cairo. Cofundadora e codiretora da Cairo Art Book Fair (@cairoartbookfair), uma feira anual de livros de arte que também conta com uma seleção itinerante. Fundadora e editora-chefe da Ta3amana Publishing (@ta3amana), uma iniciativa editorial focada em pesquisa que aborda a alimentação e os sistemas culinários como fundamentos críticos para questões relacionadas à produção cultural, gênero, trabalho e práticas sociopolíticas alternativas. Benhalim dirige o Switchboard Project, que abriga o Programa de Residência Artística Sekoun e viabiliza programas públicos contínuos, incluindo encontros mensais dedicados ao diálogo crítico e ao intercâmbio. Em 2024, realizou a curadoria da exposição "Does a River Shape a Table?" no Grande Museu Egípcio, uma mostra que examina as condições históricas e contemporâneas das práticas agrícolas no Egito.

Seu trabalho curatorial também inclui colaborações com instituições como BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts (Bélgica), Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto (Itália), Institut français d’Égypte (Egito), Mucem (França), Onassis Stegi (Grécia), Medrar for Contemporary Art (Egito) e Bsarya for Arts (Egito), entre outras. Sua obra artística tem sido exibida internacionalmente em cidades como Cairo, Beirute, Atenas, Milão, Madri, Bergen, Cidade do México, Riad, Dubai e Casablanca, bem como nos Estados Unidos.

Benhalim possui um Mestrado Alternativo em Alimentação e Arte pela The Gramounce (Espanha), um Mestrado em Belas Artes (MFA) em Artes Visuais pela Southern Methodist University (EUA) e um Bacharelado em Artes Visuais pela Universidade Americana do Cairo.
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Sua participação na residência CAPACETE foi uma realização em parceira com a instituição Mophradat (@mophradat).

Residentes 2026.1 | @marwaadelbenhalim

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"Does a River Shape a Table?", curated by Marwa Benhalim at GEM, 2024, Exhibition Image, Includes work by Roger Anis, Rehab ElDalial, Wessa Wassef Center, and Mazhar Botanical Garden. Photograph Mohamed Helmy.

Residentes 2026.1 | @marwaadelbenhalim

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Cairo Art Book Fair, Edition 4, 2025, Photograph taken in Glória, Rio de Janeiro by @marwaadelbenhalim

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In Marwa’s seminar we discussed funeral practices and looked at food in relation to grief… it was a special session that we hope you want to experience too. 🍚 by @marwaadelbenhalim

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A few days in Brussels in May!

@aliaalzougbi @beursschouwburg @maud_qamar @wiels_brussels @ka_elhaddad @makramhalabi taken in Royal Greenhouses of Laeken by @marwaadelbenhalim

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A sneak peak from one of our lovely guest speakers, @marwaadelbenhalim!

🐣 Catch the early bird registration discount and get access to all the Salon Rice program offerings:
✨ Self-paced virtual seminars
✨ A guided research diary with weekly prompts
✨ One-to-one penpal exchange
✨ Live Salon Day with discussion, social + incubation workshop
✨ Optional supported pathway toward publication
✨ One year of access to all recordings

🎟️ Link in bio to register! by @marwaadelbenhalim

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@StartupSceneME LIVE from the Creative Stage at the Grand Egyptian Museum: How does curation transform an exhibition into an experience?

In ‘Beyond the Exhibition: Curation as World-Building,’ Marwa Benhalim, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Cairo Art Book Fair and Director of Switchboard Curatorial Studio, demonstrates how curators craft experiences that extend beyond walls and pages. From selecting works to designing narratives, she shows how curation becomes a tool for storytelling, community building, and cultural impact.

📸 @StartupSceneME by @marwaadelbenhalim

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8 months ago

Exhibitions don’t just display ideas — they build worlds.

In this DEMO at RiseUp Summit 2026, Marwa Benhalm, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Cairo Art Book Fair and Director of Switchboard Curatorial Studio, takes the Creative Stage to explore Beyond the Exhibition — Curating as World Building.
Step inside how curatorial practice shapes narratives, communities, and cultural ecosystems, turning spaces into living worlds that extend far beyond the walls of an exhibition.

Watch the DEMO live from the Grand Egyptian Museum. Check the agenda on the website or RiseUp app to know the date and time of this session. Get your tickets through the link in bio!

5.6.7 FEB Grand Egyptian Museum RiseUp Summit 2026 by @marwaadelbenhalim

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⁨ معرض القاهرة للكتب الفنية أكثر من مجرد معرض، إنه تجربة حية حول كيف يمكن للمكان الثقافي أن ينمو ويتطور عبر مجتمعه.

تأسس المعرض على يد مروة بن حليم ونور الصافوري، ويعكس رؤيتهما لممارسة ثقافية مرنة وتعاونية.

تابعوا ‪@cairoartbookfair‬ لاستكشاف أعمالهم ومعرفة كيف يواصل المعرض التطور كل عام.

Cairo Art Book Fair is more than an exhibition؛ a living experiment in how a cultural space can grow and evolve through its community.

Founded by Marwa Benhalim and Nour ElSafoury, the fair reflects their vision of flexible, collaborative cultural practice.

Follo‪w @cairoartbookfair‬ir to explore their work and see how the fair continues to transform.⁩ by @marwaadelbenhalim

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Founded by Marwa Benhalim and Nour ElSafoury, Cairo Art Book Fair started as an experiment in how a cultural space could live through its community. Marwa and Nour imagined to grow or shrink depending on the people involved, to renew its energy by welcoming new voices, and to move through cycles of shared leadership.

Follow @cairoartbookfair to learn more about their practice.

تأسّس معرض القاهرة لكتب الفن على يد مروة بن حليم ونور الصافوري كتجربة لمساحة ثقافية تعيش من خلال مجتمعها. أسستا نور ومروة المعرض ليكبر أو يصغر بحسب الأشخاص المشاركين فيه، وليجدّد طاقته من خلال الترحيب بأصوات جديدة، وليتحرّك عبر دورات من القيادة المشتركة.

تابعوا ‎@cairoartbookfair‎ لمعرفة المزيد عن ممارستهم. taken in Cairo, Egypt by @marwaadelbenhalim

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