Selected Bibliography

Monographs

2021
• Ahlam Shibli. Edited by Antonio Zúñiga. 77 Magazine, Ediciones Originales, Barcelona, Spain, no. 2, March 2021. [Español]

2020
• Ahlam Shibli. Edited by Yi Soojung and Na Hanbi. Essay by Adam Szymczyk. Paju Bookcity: Youlhwadang Publishers, 2020. [English, 한국어]

2013
• Ahlam Shibli: Dependence. Edited by Ulrich Loock. Texts by Ahlam Shibli. Barcelona: Ediciones Originales, 2013. [English, Español, عربي]
• Ahlam Shibli: Phantom Home. Essays by T.J. Demos and Esmail Nashif. Exh. cat. Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Jeu de Paume, Paris, and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013. [English, Français, Português, online Español, Català]

2011
• Ahlam Shibli: Go there, Eat the mountain, Write the past. Essays by Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, Ulrich Loock, and Sarah A. Rogers. Exh. cat. Amman: Darat al Funun–The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2011. [English, عربي]

2010
• Ahlam Shibli: Trauma. Essays by Ulrich Loock, Adania Shibli, and Manée Teyssandier. Exh. cat. Tulle: Peuple et Culture Corrèze, 2010[English, Français]

2007
• Ahlam Shibli: Trackers. Edited by Adam Szymczyk. Essays by John Berger, Jean-François Chevrier, Okwui Enwezor, Rhoda Kanaaneh, and Adam Szymczyk. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Basel. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007. [English, Deutsch]

2003
• Ahlam Shibli: Lost Time. Edited by Jonathan Watkins. Essays by John Berger, Kamal Boullata, and Ulrich Loock. Exh. cat. Ikon Gallery. Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 2003.
• Ahlam Shibli: Goter. Edited and essay by Ulrich Loock. Exh. cat. Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2003. [English, עברית, عربي]


Publications

2024


• Forgive Us Our Trespasses Forgive Us Our Trespasses / Vergib uns unsere Schuld. Edited by Eric Otieno Sumba. Essays by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Paz Guevara, and Cosmin Costinaș. Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). Berlin, Germany, 2024. [English, Deutsch]
• Alfarahneh, Hamzeh. "The Essence of Home: Ahlam Shibli’s 'Dissonant Belonging' at Luma Westbau." ArtThrob, 30 July 2024.
• Inés, María Plaza Lazo. "Ahlam Shibli. On 'Dissonant Belonging', a survey of the artist's body of work at Luma Westbau, Zürich." Arts of the Working Class, 14 July 2024.

2023
• Feldman, Hannah. "Ahlam Shibli's Death and Photography in Arabic: A Letter from a Pillar of Salt." Octorber, no. 185, summer 2023, MIT Press.
• Gutiérrez, Bernardo. "Israel ha convertido Gaza en un inmenso campo de concentración." CTXT Contexto y Acción, no. 302, 5 November 2023. [Español]
• Perilli, Elena. "Laila Shava e Ahlam Shibli: due artiste palestinesi." Medium, 26 November 2023. [Italiana]
• choreographies of the impossible. 35ª Bienal de São Paulo. Essays by the curatorial collective Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes and Manuel Borja-Villel, and by guest authors: Denise Ferreira da Silva and Rizvana Bradley, Gladyz Tzul Tzul, Hagar Kotef, Ilenia Caleo, Leda Maria Martins and Tiganá Santana. Exh. cat. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2023. [English, Português]
• Baravalle, Marco. "Ahlam Shibli." choreographies of the impossible. 35th Bienal de São Paulo. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2023. [English, Português]

2021
• En España. Fotografía, encargos, territorios, 1983-2009. Edited by Ramón Esparza, Jorge Ribalta and Cristina Zelich. Essays by: Ramón Esparza, Jorge Ribalta and Cristina Zelich. Museo ICO / Fundación ICO, Madrid, Spain. Editorial RM, Barcelona, Spain, 2021. [Español]
• Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "Freedom Songs: on For a Free Palestine: Films by Palestinian Women." ARTFORUM, 05 July 2021.
• Ulz, Melanie and Wienand, Kea. "'(Migration) background': Considerations from an art historical perspective / '(Migrations-)Hintergrund.' Überlegungen aus kunsthistorischer Perspektive." AG Kunstproduktion und Kunsttheorie im Zeichen globaler Migration, 17 February 2021. [English, Deutsch]

2020
• Shibli, Ahlam. "Survival Berlin." "What's at Stake / What's Missing." Camera Austria International, no. 150/151, 2020.
• Miller, Sally. Contemporary Photography and Theory: Concepts and Debates. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, UK, 2020.
• Vlist, Eline van der (Vol.2 co-edited with Amin Alsaden). Truth Is Black / Examining Arab Art Today. 30Th Anniversary Publication. The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan, 2020.

2018
• Camera Austria International. Labor für Fotografie und Theorie. Essays by: Reinhard Braun, Christine Frisinghelli, Toshiharu Ito, Christiane Kuhlmann, Maren Lübbke-Tidow, Sandra Križić Roban, Roberta Valtorta, and Thorsten Sadowsky. Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Spector Books, Leipzig, Germnay, 2018. [English, Deutsch]
• Berger, John. Razumeti fotografijo. Edited by Geoff Dyer, translated by Domen Kavčič. Membrana Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018. [Slovenski]
• Sajewska, Dorota. "Adam Szymczyk. Jako wcielenie stereotypu niemieckich ambicji eksportowych musieliśmy skończyć pod pręgierzem." Krytyka Polityczna, Sztuki Wizualne, Warsaw, Poland, 13 August 2018. [Polski]
• Shibli, Ahlam. "Heimat." Time of work. Edited by Nuria Enguita Mayo, Concreta 11, Valencia, Spring 2018. [Español]
• Berger, John. Understanding a Photograph. Edited by Geoff Dyer. imaginist, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China, 2018. [中文]

2017
• Field Guide. Edited by Gregory Burke and Sandra Guimarães. Exh. cat. Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada, 2017.
• The Photographic I - Other Pictures. Edited by Martin Germann and Steven Humblet. Exh. cat. S.M.A.K., Ghent. Roma Publication, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2017. [English, Dutch]
• Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "At Documenta, Blurred Lines Between Art and Politics." aperture, 2 August 2017.
• Shibli, Ahlam. "UNESCO declares al-Khalil/Hebron a World Heritage Site." documenta 14 website, 2017. [English, Deutsch, ελληνικά]
• Loock, Ulrich. "Ahlam Shibli's Occupation–Introduction." SOUTH–as a State of Mind. Edited by Quinn Latimer and Adam Szymczyk. documenta 14. documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, Kassel, Germany, Issue #9 [documenta 14 #4], 2017. [English. Online Deutsch, ελληνικά]
• Berger, John. Para Entender Uma Fotografia. Organização, introdução e notas Geoff Dyer. Tradução: Paulo Geiger. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, Brasil, 2017. [Português]
• Ogilvie, Bertrand. Le Travail à mort. L'Arachnéen, Paris, France, 2017. [Français]
• documenta 14: Daybook. Edited by Quinn Latimer and Adam Szymczyk. Exh. cat. documenta 14. Prestel Verlag, Munich, Germany, 2017. [English, Deutsch, ελληνικά]
• The documenta 14 Reader. Edited by Quinn Latimer and Adam Szymczyk. Exh. cat. documenta 14. Prestel Verlag, Munich, Germany, 2017. [English, Deutsch, ελληνικά]
• Chevrier, Jean-François. "Ahlam Shibli's photographic works for documenta 14." documenta 14: Daybook. Edited by Quinn Latimer and Adam Szymczyk. Exh. cat. documenta 14. Prestel Verlag, Munich, Germany, 2017. [English, Deutsch, ελληνικά]

2016
• Berger, John. Der Augenblick der Fotografie: Essays. Vorwort von Geoff Dyer. Hanser Verlag, Munich, Germany, 2016. [Deutsch]
• Berger, John. Understanding a Photograph. Edited by Geoff Dyer. Rye Field Publications–Cite Publishing Group, China, 2016. [中文]
• Home: Concepts, Constructions, Contexts. Edited by Kathy-Ann Tan, Cecile Sandten. WVT (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier), Trier, Germany, 2016.

2015
• Berger, John. Understanding a Photograph. Edited by Geoff Dyer. Youlhwadang Publishers, Korea, 2015. [한국어]
• Formes Biographiques. Edited by Jean-François Chevrier. Exh. cat. Carré d'Art–Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes. Nîmes, 2015. [English, Français]
• Landscape. Construction of a Reality. Edited by Katrin Bucher Trantow, Katia Huemer, Peter Pakesch. Exhs. cat. Camera Austria, Neue Galerie Graz, Institute for Art in Public Space Styria, Kunsthaus Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum. Graz, 2015. [English, Deutsch]

2014
• Progress and Hygiene. Edited by Anda Rottenberg. Exh. cat. Zachęta–National Gallery of Art. Warsaw, 2014.
• Outside the Archive. Ramallah Municipality exhibitions. Qalandiya International II: Archives, Lived and Shared. Exh. cat. Ramallah, 2014.
• Vi lever på en stjerne / We are Living on a Star. Edited by Tone Hansen and Marit Paasche. Exh. cat. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2014.

2013
• Biographical Forms. Construction and Individual Mythologies (Formas Biográficas. Construcción y Mitología individual). Edited by Jean-François Chevrier. Exh. cat. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, 2013.
• Jones, Kevin. "Narrative Conflict: Ahlam Shibli's Phantom Home." ArtAsiaPacific, 19 Jul 2013.
• Babnik, Jan. "Ahlam Shibli: Phantom Home. Zombie Uprising and Photography." Fotografija Membrana Magazine 55/56, Membrana Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013.
• Three True Stories. Edited by Filippo Maggia, Claudia Fini and Francesca Lazzarini. Exh. cat. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena. Modena, 2013.
• Berger, John. Understanding a Photograph. Edited by Geoff Dyer:
  * Penguin Modern Classics, 2013.
  * Aperture; Reprint edition, 2013.
• Anani, Yazid. "And My Shrine Is My Mother's Salon: On Ahlam Shibli's Death." Afterall, no. 32, Spring, 2013.
• Höller, Christian. "Walls, No Bridges: The Relation Between Revealing and Disguising in Ahlam Shibli's Photographic Practice." Afterall, no. 32, Spring 2013.
• Arab Art Histories–The Khalid Shoman Collection. Edited by Sarah A. Rogers and Eline van der Vlist. Col. cat. The Khalid Shoman Foundation. Amman, 2013.

2012
• Aliaga, Juan Vicente. "Ahlam Shibli. Interview." Desde el Magreb al Mashreq: diálogos artísticos y geopolíticos sobre el norte de África, Oriente Próximo y el mundo islámico. Edited by Juan Vicente Aliaga. Cendeac, Centro de Documentación y Estudios Avanzados de Arte Contemporáneo. Murcia, Spain, 2012.
• "Ahlam Shibli: Dependence (Barcelona, 2007)." Exit, no. 45, February–April, 2012.
• C Photo Slow Motion. Edited by Marta Gili. Madrid: Ivorypress, 2012.
• Image Counter Image. Edited by Patrizia Dander and Julienne Lorz. Exh. cat. Munich: Haus der Kunst, 2012.
• Lagnado, Lisette. "Home and Homeland: About Ahlam Shibli's photo series Eastern LGBT." Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art (UiU), February 2007.

2011
• Biennále: 3. Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Edited by Yannis Bolis, Kleoniki Christoforidou, and Katerina Koskina. Exh. cat. State Museum of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, 2011.
• Braun, Reinhard and Ahlam Shibli. "Ahlam Shibli: Objecting to Imposed Invisibility." Camera Austria, Graz, no. 114, June 2011.
• Chevrier, Jean-François. "Ahlam Shibli, Trackers. Un document d'expérience." Jean-François Chevrier, Des Territoires. Paris, 2011.
• Van Gelder, Hilde and Helen Westgeest. Photography Theory in Historical Perspective. Case Studies from Contemporary Art. West Sussex, 2011.

2010
• Breaking News. Edited by Filippo Maggia, Claudia Fini, and Francesca Lazzarini. Exh. cat. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena. Milan, 2010.
• Chevrier, Jean-François. Entre les beaux-arts et les médias: photographie et art moderne. Paris, 2010.
• Loock, Ulrich. "Ahlam Shibli. Trauma-Arbeit: Archäologie des geschichtlichen Erlebens, zum Beispiel Tulle." Krautgarten. Forum für junge Literatur, no. 56, June 2010.
• Shibli, Ahlam. "Goter. Al-Naqab, 2002–03." Krautgarten. Forum für junge Literatur, no. 56, June 2010.
• Teyssandier, Manée. "Ahlam Shibli: Ein neuer Blick auf Tulle." Krautgarten. Forum für junge Literatur, no. 56, June 2010.
• Negotiations: The Second Today's Documents 2010. Exh. cat. Today Art Museum. Beijing, 2010.
• To the Arts, Citizens! Edited by Óscar Faria and João Fernandes. Exh. cat. Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves. Porto, 2010.

2009
• En todas partes. Políticas de la diversidad sexual en el arte. Edited by Juan Vicente Aliaga. Santiago de Compostela, Xunta de Galicia: CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea), 2009.
• Boullata, Kamal. Palestinian Art, from 1850 to the Present. London, 2009.
• Clio, pátria. Caderno Sesc Videobrasil 05. Edited by LisetteLagnado. São Paulo, 2009.
• Downey, Anthony. "Thresholds of a Coming Community: Photography and Human Rights." Aperture, no. 194, Spring 2009.
• En todas partes. Políticas de la diversidad sexual en el arte. Exh. cat. Centro Galegode Arte Contemporáneo (CGAC) and Xunta de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela, 2009.
• Loock, Ulrich. "Ahlam Shibli's Critique of the Notion of Home." cura., no. 2, October–December 2009.

2008
• 2007: Imatges metropolitanes de la nova Barcelona. Edited by Jorge Ribalta and Joan Roca. Exh. cat. Museu d'Art Contemporanide Barcelona (MACBA). Barcelona, 2008.
• "Ahlam Shibli: Arab al-Sbaih." Exit, no. 32, November–December 2008.
• "Ahlam Shibli: Refuge in Frost." Palestine–Rien ne nous manque ici. Edited by Adila Laïdi-Hanieh. Brussels, 2008.
• Demos, T.J. "Recognizing the Unrecognized: The Photographs of Ahlam Shibli." Photography between Poetry and Politics: The Critical Position of the Photographic Medium in Contemporary Art. Edited by Hilde van Gelder and Helen Westgeest. Leuven, 2008.
• Mytkowska, Joanna. "Ahlam Shibli. Interview." In Les inquiets: cinq artistes sous la pression de la guerre. Edited by Françoise Bertaux. Exh. cat. Centre Pompidou. Paris, 2008.
• Trackers / The Valley. Edited by Jean-Louis Godefroid. Exh. brochure. Espace photographique Contretype. Brussels, 2008.
• Zones of Conflict. Edited by T.J. Demos. Exh. brochure. Pratt Manhattan Gallery. New York, 2008.

2007
• "Ahlam Shibli: Tropiciele (Trackers, 2005): Reprodukcje.Wkładka." Krytyka Polityczna–pochwała antagonizmu, no. 11/12, 2007.
• Berger, John. "Looking Carefully–Two Women Photographers (2005–2006)." John Berger, Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance. London, 2007.
• Opening Hours. Edited by Rebecca Camhi, and Angelica Papavasiliou. Exh. cat. Rebecca Camhi Gallery. Athens, 2007.
• Chapman, Peter. "Ahlam Shibli." The Independent, 17 February 2007.
• Cómo vivir juntos: Selección 27ª Bienal de Sao Paulo. Edited by Caroll Yasky. Exh. cat. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo and Facultad de Artes, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, 2007.
• documenta Kassel 16/06–23/09, 2007. Edited by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Exh. cat. documenta 12. Cologne, 2007.
• Fisher, Mark. "The Lost Tribe of Palestine." The Sunday Times, 11 February 2007.
• Gärtner, Barbara. "Ich sehe, darum bin ich." Monopol–Magazin für Kunst und Leben, kompakt documenta 12, Summer 2007.
• Jones, Sarah Urwin. "Documenting the forgotten people." The Glasgow Herald, 12 February 2007.
• Leaver-Yap, Isla. "Everyday War." The List, 1 February 2007.
• Mansfield, Susan. "Ahlam Shibli." The Scotsman, 3 February 2007.
• Pollock, David. "Ahlam Shibli." The Big Issue, 15 February 2007.
• Szymczyk, Adam. "Obcy Samym Sobie / Rozmawia." Krytyka Polityczna–pochwała antagonizmu, no. 11/12, 2007.
• Trainor, James. "27th São Paulo Biennial." Frieze, January 2007.

2006
• A Tale of Two Cities: Busan–Seoul / Seoul– Busan. Busan Biennale 2006. Edited by Manu Park, Se Hoon Jwa, and Kyung Hee. Exh. cat. Busan, 2006.
• "Ahlam Shibli: Trackers." Monthly Photography, August 2006.
• Basting, Barbara. "Gustav Metzger, Ahlam Shibli und Diango Hernandez zeigen in einer starken Schau in der Kunsthalle Basel, wie griffige politische Kunst heute aussieht." Tages-Anzeiger, 24 January 2006.
• Bell, Eugenia. "Ahlam Shibli." Artforum, August 2006.
• Berger, John. "Vilket pris betalar de?" Aftonbladet, 9 July 2006.
• Berger, John. "Conflicto palestino-israelí. Fotografías de un espejo deformado." Ojarasca, no. 110, June 2006.
• Chinski, Sara. "The Politics of Goter and Poetics of Protest in National Israeli Art." Third Text: The Conflict and Contemporary Visual Culture in Palestine and Israel 80/81, October 2006.
• Ertürk, Eylem. "Taninmayan. Fotograflar." Genis¸ Açi. Fotoğraf Sanatı Dergisi, no. 4, January–February 2006.
• Hagar. Contemporary Palestinian Art. Edited by Tal Ben Zvi. Exh. cat. Hagar Association. Tel Aviv, 2006.
• Hoffmann, Annette. "Trümmer der Geschichte." Regioartline, 31 January 2006.
• Home Ground. Edited by Felicity Fenner. Exh. cat. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, The University of New South Wales. Sydney, 2006.
• How to Live Together. 27ª Bienal de São Paulo. Edited by Lisette Lagnado and Adriano Pedrosa. Exh. cat. São Paulo, 2006.
• Loock, Ulrich. "Ahlam Shibli: Resisting Oppression." Camera Austria, no. 93, Marc 2006.
• Müller, Hans-Joachim. "Vom Ankommen, Entkommen und Unterkommen." Basler Zeitung, 23 January 2006.
• Shtainitz, Ami. "Broken Person." Ma'arav, June 2006.
• Szymczyk, Adam. "Adam Szymczyk in E-mail-Conversation with Ahlam Shibli." Diango Hernández / Gustav Metzger / Ahlam Shibli. Exh. brochure. Kunsthalle Basel. Basel, 2006.
• The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society. 2nd International Biennial of ContemporaryArt of Seville. Edited by Okwui Enwezor. Exh. cat.Seville, 2006.

2005
• 9th International Istanbul Bienial. Edited by Deniz Ünsal. Exh. cat. Istanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfi. Istanbul, 2005.
• Loock, Ulrich. "Ahlam Shibli: Refuge in Frost." Dreaming Art Dreaming Reality. Edited by Ellen Ginton. Exh. cat. Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation. Tel Aviv, 2005.
• Mediterranean Encounters: Sud / Est. Edited by Martina Cargonti. Exh. cat. Parco Horcynus Orca. Capo Peloro, 2005.
• Naef, Silvia. "Four Palestinian Artists-in-Residence in Aarau." Zehn Jahre, zehn Künstlerinnen. Exh. cat. Gästeatelier Krone. Aarau, 2005.
• The Pantagruel Syndrome. Edited by Francesco Bonami and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Exh. cat. T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei. Turin, 2005.

2004
• Non-Sect Radical: Contemporary Photography III. Edited by Taro Amano and Eriko Kimura. Exh. cat. Yokohama Museum of Art. Yokohama, 2004.
• Ostati ili Otici / Bleiben oder Gehen / Staying or Leaving. Exh. cat. Hrvatski Fotosavez, Umjetnickom Paviljon, Zagreb, and Camera Austria. Graz, 2004.

2003
• DisORIENTation. Edited by Martin Hager, Annette Bhagwati, Chaza Charafeddine, et al. Exh. cat. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin, 2003.
• Gilerman, Dana. "No Politics, Please." Haaretz, 30 March 2003.
• Searle, Adrian. "What Lies Beneath." The Guardian, 7 October 2003.

2002
• Hadria, Michèle Cohen. "A Tale of Invisibility: Self Portrait: Palestinian Women's Art." n. paradoxa: international feminist art journal, July 2002.

2001
• Self Portrait: Palestinian Women's Art. Edited by Tal Ben Zvi and Yael Lerer. Andalus Publishing. Tel Aviv, 2001.

2000
• New Horizons in Palestinian Art: The Young Artist of the Year Award 2000. Edited by Mahmoud Abu Hashhash and Omar al-Qattan. Exh. cat. A. M. Qattan Foundation. Ramallah, 2000.

1999
• Germain, Fanny. "Wadi Saleib: The Forgotten Place." Palestine Report, no. 41, April 1999.
• New Middle-East: Eleven Exhibitions, 1998–1999, at Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv. Edited by Tal Ben Zvi. Exh. cat. Hagar Association. Tel Aviv, 1999.

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