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Ninar Esber's Art Exposes Patriarchy in the Arab-Muslim World

publication · 2026-04-24

In a 2016 artpress dossier on women in Islam, artist Ninar Esber is featured for her work highlighting discrimination and inequality under patriarchal domination. Through performances, videos, and photographs staging her own body, she amplifies the absurdity, hypocrisy, violence, and injustice faced by women in the Arab-Muslim world.

Key facts

  • Ninar Esber is an artist featured in artpress dossier on women in Islam
  • Her work addresses discrimination and inequality from patriarchal domination
  • She uses her own body in performances, videos, and photographs
  • Her art exposes absurdity, hypocrisy, violence, and injustice toward women
  • The context is the Arab-Muslim world
  • The dossier was published in artpress issue 433, May 2016
  • The article spans pages 64-66

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Artists

  • Ninar Esber

Institutions

  • artpress

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