Selected Bibliography

Monographs

2021
• "Ahlam Shibli", 77 Magazine, edited by Antonio Zúñiga, ediciones originales, Barcelona, Spain, no. 2, March 2021.
  * Ahlam Shibli ha comisariado para 77 Magazine un conjunto de siete fotografías de distintos artistas, entre las cuales incluye, a doble página, una realizada por ella. Estas fotografías muestran aspectos de la pandemia de la COVID en la población palestina. Los artistas seleccionados por Ahlam Shibli son Aref Massalha, Mohamed Harb y Monther Jawabreh, los tres participantes en el proyecto In memory of tomorrow, 2020-2021, de la A. M. Qattan Foundation's ongoing project, en Ramallah, Palestina.

2020
• Ahlam Shibli. Edited by Yi Soojung and Na Hanbi. Paju Bookcity: Youlhwadang Publishers, 2020. (Essay by Adam Szymczyk)

2013
• Ahlam Shibli: Dependence. Edited by Ulrich Loock. Barcelona: Ediciones Originales, 2013. (Texts by: Ahlam Shibli.)
• Ahlam Shibli: Phantom Home. 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. (Essays by: T.J. Demos and Esmail Nashif.)

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

2010
• Shibli, Ahlam. Trauma. Exh. cat. Tulle: Peuple et Culture Corrèze, 2010. (Essays by: Ulrich Loock, Adania Shibli, and Manée Teyssandier.)

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

2003
• Ahlam Shibli: Lost Time. Edited by Jonathan Watkins. Exh. cat. Ikon Gallery. Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 2003. (Essays by: John Berger, Kamal Boullata, and Ulrich Loock.)
• Shibli, Ahlam. Goter. Exh. cat. Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2003. (Essay by: Ulrich Loock.)

Publications

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. [Spanish]
• Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "Freedom Songs: on “For a Free Palestine: Films by Palestinian Women." In ARTFORUM [Weblsite], 30.05.2021 https://www.artforum.com/film/kaelen-wilson-goldie-on-for-a-free-palestine-films-by-palestinian-women-85981 (05.07.2021).
• Melanie Ulz, Kea Wienand, "'(Migrations-)Hintergrund.' Überlegungen aus kunsthistorischer Perspektive." In AG Kunstproduktion und Kunsttheorie im Zeichen globaler Migration [Weblog], 17.2.2021, https://www.ag-kunst-migration.de/blog-dt-en-ulz-wienand-migrations-hintergrund-de/ (05.07.2021).
• Melanie Ulz, Kea Wienand, "'(Migration) background': Considerations from an art historical perspective." In AG Kunstproduktion und Kunsttheorie im Zeichen globaler Migration [Weblog], 17.2.2021, https://www.ag-kunst-migration.de/blog-dt-en-ulz-wienand-migration-background-en/ (05.07.2021).

2020
• Shibli, Ahlam. "Survival Berlin", in "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, editor Nuria Enguita Mayo, Concreta 11 (Spring 2018), Valencia. [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]
• Ulrich Loock. "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." In 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, Blog, 19 Jul 2013.
  http://www.artasiapacific.com/Blog/NarrativeConflictAhlamShibliSPhantomHome.
• 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).
• Gili, Marta, ed. C Photo Slow Motion. Madrid: Ivorypress, 2012.
• Dander, Patrizia and Lorz, Julienne, eds. Image Counter Image. Exh. cat. Munich: Haus der Kunst, 2012.
• Lagnado, Lisette. "Home and Homeland: About Ahlam Shibli's photo series Eastern LGBT." http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/islamic_world/articles/2007/ahlam_shibli. (Accessed December 5, 2012)

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." In 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).
• Negotiations: The Second Today's Documents 2010. Exh. cat. Today Art Museum. Beijing, 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).
• To the Arts, Citizens! Edited by Óscar Faria and João Fernandes. Exh. cat. Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves. Porto, 2010.

2009
• Aliaga, Juan Vicente, ed. En todas partes. Políticas de la diversidad sexual en el arte. 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." In Palestine–Rien ne nous manque ici. Edited by Adila Laïdi-Hanieh. Brussels, 2008.
• Demos, T.J. "Recognizing the Unrecognized: The Photographs of Ahlam Shibli." In 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)." In John Berger, Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance. London, 2007.
• Camhi, Rebecca and Angelica Papavasiliou, eds. Opening Hours. Exh. cat. Rebecca Camhi Gallery. Athens, 2007.
• Chapman, Peter. "Ahlam Shibli," The Independent, February 17, 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, February 11, 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, February 12, 2007.
• Leaver-Yap, Isla. "Everyday War." The List, February 15–March 1, 2007.
• Mansfield, Susan. "Ahlam Shibli." The Scotsman, February 3, 2007.
• Pollock, David. "Ahlam Shibli." The Big Issue, February 15–21, 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. Edited by Manu Park, Se Hoon Jwa, and Kyung Hee. Exh. cat. Busan Biennale 2006. 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, January 24, 2006.
• Bell, Eugenia. "Ahlam Shibli." Artforum (August, 2006).
• Berger, John. "Vilket pris betalar de?" Aftonbladet, July 9, 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, January 31, 2006.
• Home Ground. Edited by Felicity Fenner. Exh. cat. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, The University of New South Wales. Sydney, 2006.
• How to Live Together. Edited by Lisette Lagnado and Adriano Pedrosa. Exh. cat. 27ª Bienal de São Paulo. 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, January 23, 2006.
• Shtainitz, Ami. "Broken Person." Ma'arav (June, 2006).
• Szymczyk, Adam. "Adam Szymczyk in E-mail-Conversation with Ahlam Shibli." In Diango Hernández / Gustav Metzger / Ahlam Shibli. Exh. brochure. Kunsthalle Basel. Basel, 2006.
• The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society. Edited by Okwui Enwezor. Exh. cat. 2nd International Biennial of ContemporaryArt of Seville. 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." In 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." In 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, March 30, 2003.
• Searle, Adrian. "What Lies Beneath." The Guardian, October 7, 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. 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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