Arabicity reflects on four decades of the aesthetic, conceptual, and socio-political concerns of contemporary Arab artists. Beautifully produced, it features over 200 artworks by more than 35 Arab artists including Bahia Shehab, Ayman Baalbaki, Hassan Hajjaj, and Raeda Saadeh, who explore their cultural heritage, and themes such as memory, destruction, and conflict, with great warmth, humour and visual poetry. Whether through video art, painting, photography or installation, these artists challenge the confines of their identity, resist stereotyping, and reshape the parameters of their cultural traditions. In their diverse media and subject matter, their works reflect the pulse of the region. In chaos they discover what endures.

Part of the interview-based documentary series profiling major contemporary artists. This volume looks at the work of Lebanese-born artist Mona Hatoum, who initially created work using performance and video installations, and who has since moved towards sculpture. Hatoum discusses her interest in the themes of individual and national identity, and her use of often surprising materials in her work.