Website: samaalshaibi.com and  6plus.org
Co-Founder of 6+: a women’s art collective (2005-2009)
Member of National Board of Directors: Society for Photographic Education (2009-2013)

Sama Alshaibi is represented in the Middle East by the Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE
Gallery Director:  Elie Domit        contact: overexposed.elie at gmail.com

Sama Alshaibi is represented in Europe by Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK
Gallery Owner: Selma Feriani      contact: Selma at  selmaferiani.com

CHRONOLOGY OF EDUCATION

8/02 – 5/05     University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
MFA, Photography, Video and Media Arts
9/95 – 6/99    Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
BA, Photography

CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT

7/06 – present    University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Assistant Professor of Photography
7/05 – 6/06        University of Southern Maine, Department of Art, Portland, Maine
Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010        Sama Alshaibi, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK, April 1st
2009        Between Two Rivers, Al-Kahf Gallery, Bethlehem, Palestine, September
SUMOUD (steadfastness), Hoffmaster Gallery at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, September
2006        My Apartheid Vacation (The Project Room) Zero Station, Portland, Maine
2005        Women, War, and Peace; Feminist Interventions in a Time of Conflict, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2004        Where do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky? El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, Antigua,
Guatemala
Where Do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky? La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2003        Zaman: I Remember, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009        Motherhood and Revolution, Sama Alshaibi and Beth Krensky, CalArts, Valencia, CA, January
2008        Enfoco Presents: Sama Alshaibi and Myra Greene, Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City, NY, March
We Make The Road By Walking, Dinnerware Arts Space, Tucson, AZ, April (with Beth Krensky),         (catalogue)
2007    We Make The Road By Walking, Mizel Museum, Denver, CO (with Beth Krensky), (catalogue)
2006    Sama Alshaibi and Rozalinda Borcila, The University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2005        Unveiling: Sama Alshaibi and Joel Seah, The University of Southern Maine
Martyrs, Saints & Liars, Synapse Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI (with Yana Payusova )
1999        Mythamporphasis, Big Wig, Chicago, IL (with Dagmara Mituniewicz)

EXHIBITIONS

2010        Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2009    Paris Photo 2009/Selma Feriani Gallery, Paris, France, November
Arab Youth Festival, Rome, Italy, October
PALESTINE, Rafia Gallery, Damascus, Syria, October
2009 UA School of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition, UA Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Sept
Incheon Women Artists’ Bienniale, Incheon, South Korea.  August
“inside/outside & other oxymorons” sic, Levantine Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles, LA, June
Stories of Iraqi Artists, Reel Festival Iraq, Edinburgh, Scotland, July
BLOWOUT, Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE, March
Mapping Palestine, ArtSchool Palestine, ArtDubai 2009, Dubai, UAE, March (catalogue)
Exhibitors Fair, Art Dubai 2009, Selma Feriani at Art Dubai, UAE, March (catalogue)
Aperture 27,000, Le Violon Bleu, London, UK, January (catalogue)
THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces – A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue)
* Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Jan
* Indiana University East Art Galleries, March
• Drury University Pool Art Center Galleries, October

2008    Occupied Space 2008 – Art for Palestine, AM Qattan Foundation, London, UK, October
Border Walls, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, New York, August
Harmony, Beit-Hagefen, Haifa, Israel, May
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ, XYZ Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ, Black Bridge Art Gallery, Beijing, China
THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces – A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue)
* Dairy Center for The Arts, Boulder, CO, April
* DePauw University, Peeler Art, IN, Sept
* University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery – Fayetteville, AR Oct.
* Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Nov
Secrets, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL, March (catalogue)
Our People, Our Land, Our Images (catalogue)
* Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, Feb 4- May 12
* Autry National Center, Los Angeles, October 6, 2007-January 27, 2008
* AmerInd Foundation, Dragoon, dates TBD (fall/winter)
Post Tractatus (catalogue)
•    Sala de Exposiciones Amazonas, Universidad Del Estado Del Amazonas UEA, Tabatinga, Brazil
•    Sala Iquitos, Universidad Nacional de Peru, Estado Loreto, Iquitos, Peru
•    Sala Janai-IKO (casa De Imagenes En Uitoto), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia
•    Sala de Exposiciones Orellana, Biblioteca Del Banco de la Republica, Leticia, Colombia

Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking Today’s Terminology, Southern Graphics Council (Commandprint), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, March
2007    Sultana’s Dream, Exit Art, New York, New York, (catalogue)
Centers and Borders, Ningxia Exhibition Center, Yinchaun, China, October (catalogue)
Centers and Borders, The Gallery of School of Fine Arts, Yinchaun, China, September (catalogue)
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, September (catalogue)
Selection From The Collection, Darat Al Funun, Amman, September
Journey, Nobel Women’s Initiative’s First International Women’s Conference: “Women Redefining Peace in the Middle East & Beyond”, Galway, Ireland, May 29-31
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA, March 3 – May 27 (catalogue)
Nexus:
•    Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Seminario Internacional de fronteras en Globalización, Leticia, Colombia, November
•    Universidad del Estado del Amazonas, UEA, Brasil, Tabatinga, Brazil, October
•    Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Semana Cultural United Nations, Leticia, Colombia, September
•    Bliblioteca publica del Banco de la Republica, Leticia, Colombia, July
•    Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellin, Departamento De Bibliotecas, Escuela de Artes, Medellin, Colombia, March
Secrets, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, April (catalogue)
Bytes: Making Pictures With Ones and Zeros, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ, January
2006        Secrets,
•    The Khalil Sakakini Center, Ramallah, Palestine
•    Al Hoash Contemporary Art Gallery, Jerusalem
•    The Virtual Gallery at Birzeit, Ramallah, Palestine
•    The International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine

Religion and Personal Identity, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University,     Hammond, LA
Transformations – Photography of the 21st. Century, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Carl Nelson Gorman Museum, Davis, CA
Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype
•    The Khalil Sakakini Center, Ramallah, Palestine
•    International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine
•    The Paltel Virtual Gallery at Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine,
Genetic ImPRINT (The Printmaking Genome Project), Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, WI
2005    Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identities, Al-Kahf Art Gallery, Palestine, (catalogue and featured artist for documentary film)
Afrofuturism, Soap Factory  (juried by the Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, MN
Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype (catalogue):
•    Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI
•    Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington D.C.
•    Mackenzie Fine Arts Center, Dearborn, Michigan
•    Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan
•    Virginia Tech University, WV
Aspiration, Society for Photography Education Juried Exhibition, Courtyard by Marriott Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2005, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Constructing Identity, College Hall Gallery, Tarrant College, Hurst, TX (Best of Show)
Salt of Differences, Susan Arndt Gallery, Denver, CO
Women’s History Month Art Exhibition, Women Studies Cottage, Boulder, CO
2004        Common Wounds, The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine
Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2004, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala
The Discourse of Others, Salon de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico
Visiones del Norte, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico (catalogue)
2003        BLOOD Lines & Connections, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
SAVVY, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO, 2003 (Goueter Missouri Collection Prize for Diatribes)

SCREENINGS  AND  PERFORMANCES

2009          The Bride Wears Orange, 17 Days Video Art Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Nov
Where The Birds Fly, MidEastCut (International festival for alternative film and video)
Copenhagen/Denmark & Helsinki/Finland (Opens January 29)
The Bride Wears Orange, Continuum Video Festival, Continuum, Tucson, Arizona, Feb20-21
All I Want For Christmas, 1st Video Art Festival, All Art Now Foundation, Damascus, Syria, January
2008         All I Want For Christmas, Jordan Short Film Festival, Amman, Jordan (Nov 16-20)
All I Want For Christmas and Goodbye to the Weapon, Happy Days, Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008,     Greece (Nov 13-24)
All I Want For Christmas, Palestinian Film Week, Al-Balad Theater, Amman , Jordan (Nov 2-11)
All I Want For Christmas, DOKUFEST 2008, Prizren, Kosovo, August 6th (JURIED)
A Day of Collaborative Performance (performance with the 6+ collective), Bronx Museum, NYC, NY, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008
All I Want For Christmas, SPE Multicultural Caucus Video Festival, Denver, CO (March 15)
2007    All I Want For Christmas, CinemaEast Film Festival, NY, NY, November (Nov 10-15th)
All I Want For Christmas, School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of Arizona, August 23- Oct 21 (catalogue)
2006        Utopia, Plugged In Fest III, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, March 4-12 (Juried)
2005    Where The Birds Fly, Mizna Third Annual Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, November 11-17 (Juried)
From The New World (video installation), Afrofuturism, Soap Factory  (in conjunction with the

Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, MN (Juried)
Melisma, Multiplex Film Festival, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, July 4-6 (Juried)
2004    Diatribes, PREFACIO, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Invitational)
Forest Through The Trees, Sense Data: an evening of audio-visual arrangements, Soiled Dove, Denver, CO (co-curator)
2003        Soiled Live, Soiled Dove, Denver, CO (Invitational)
The Place to Be: Music For Ruins, A.D.A.P.T. Festival: Visual Soundings, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (Invitational)

ESSAYS PUBLISHED

2008        “Suha Shoman’s Stop For God’s Sake,” Darat al Funun, 2008.
2007    ”A Way Through: Understanding Modern Palestinian Narratives,” Social Dynamics Oceanic Worlds/Bordered Worlds, published by Centre for Africa Studies at University of Capetown, Volume 33 / Number 2/ December, pp. 204-223 (article co-authored with Dr. Marvin Gladney). Essay and artwork.
“Review” of Oraib Toukan’s Counting Memories, catalogue, published by Darat Al Funun, pp. 56-59.
2006    “Memory Work in the Palestinian Diaspora,”  Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies  27:2 (Peer Reviewed, winter) p30-52, cover. Essay and artwork.
“Works of Witness,” Hayden’s Ferry Review 39 (Fall/Winter, 2007) Artwork.
2004         “Xing Danwen’s disCONNEXION, Muriel Hasburn and Art Train,” National Graduate Seminar Journal (Summer)

ARTWORK  PUBLISHED  IN CATALOGUES / BOOKS

2009    Mapping Palestine, text by Nicola Gray and Samar Martha, published by ArtSchool Palestine
Aperture 27,000, text by Salma Tuqan, published by Salma Feriani Gallery
2008    Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists (from the series: Artists of the American Mosaic), text by Fayeq S. Oweis, published by Greenwood Publishing Group
Secrets, texts by Maymanah Farhat and Lucy L. Lippard, published by the 6plus collective in conjunction with University of South Florida
Occupied Space 2008 – Art for Palestine, published by A.M. Al Qattan Foundation
Dokufest 2008, published by the US Embassy in cooperation with the Dokufest film festival
2007     Palestinian Women Artists, text by Reem Fadda, research by Rula Khoury, published by Al Hoash Palestinian Art Court. Book.
We Make The Road by Walking, texts by Doris Bittar, Dr. Ella Shohat and Georgina Kolber, published by Mizel Museum
CinemaEast Film Festival Catalogue, published by ArteEast, NYC, NY.
Pingyao International Photography Festival Catalogue, published by Pingyao, China.
Centers and Borders: Artwork from China and the United States, text by Dr. George Rivera,     published by     Artnauts
Sultana’s Dream, texts by Jaishri Abichandani, Uzma Z. Rizvi and Lisa Varghese, published by Exit Art and the South Asian Women’s Art Collective
“Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers”, texts by Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie and Veronica Passalacqua, published by C.N. Gorman Museum

FELLOWSHIPS

2004    National Graduate Seminar Fellow, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York City, NY (summer)
2003    Center for Humanities and Arts Fellow theme ‘WAR’, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (academic year appointment)

SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS  (Selected)

2009        College of Fine Arts International Travel Grant, University of Arizona (travel to UAE)
The Junior Faculty Conference Grant, International Affairs, University of Arizona (travel ArtDubai)
2008    Honorable Mention, Excellence in Photographic Teaching, The Center (at Santa Fe, National Teaching Award)
Crystal Apple Faculty Recipient, Society for Photography Education, USA. (National Teaching Award)
2007    College of Fine Arts Small Grants, University of Arizona’s College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence (for exhibition We Make The Road By Walking)
Beyond The Call of Duty Award, Dean’s Office, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona (open-use      funds)
Feminist Review Trust, London, UK (for exhibition “Secrets”)
2006        Tucson Pima Arts Council Mini Grants Award, Arizona (travel to Jerusalem for  “Secrets” exhibition)
College of Fine Arts International Travel Grant, University of Arizona (travel to the West Bank)
Faculty Senate Research Grant, University of Southern Maine (pre-production/research grant for     feature film)
2005        CAS Faculty Development Travel Grant, University of Southern Maine (travel to the West Bank)
Honorable Mention, Camera Arts Magazine National Photography Competition (selected photographs from “Zaman”)
University Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado at Boulder
2004    Beverly Sears Award, The Gambil Family Endowment Grant (video production grant: “Where the Birds Fly”)
Mark Addison New Media Grant, Boulder, Colorado (experimental video: “Melisma”)
Best of Show, Constructing Identity, College Hall Gallery, Tarrant College, Hurst, Texas (photo: Keep in Flight)
2003        Goueter Missouri Collection Prize, St. Louis, MO (interactive video: “DIATRIBES”)
2001        Illinois Arts Council Grant, Individual Artist (photo project: “DOWNTIME”)
2000        Illinois Arts Council Grant, Individual Artist (photo project: “DOWNTIME”)

RESIDENCIES

2008        Artist-in-Residence at Darat Al Funun (The Khalid Shoman Foundation), Amman, Jordan, June
2007        Artist-in-Residence at Darat Al Funun (The Khalid Shoman Foundation), Amman, Jordan, May/June
2005    Artist-in Residence / Exhibitor. Project: “Birthright”, Shaping Communities in Times of Crisis, Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identities Conference, The International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine, Nov 6-12

CONFERENCES /  PUBLIC LECTURES/ APPEARANCES

2009          Visiting Artist, Paper “SUMOUD”, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, Oct 15-16.
Visiting Lecturer, Topic: “Palestine Perspectives Today” (invited by Political Studies/Near Eastern Studies 441 (invited         by David J. Dunford), Oct. 8th.
Panelist,Topic: “Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: a silence broken” Colloquium Series, UA Department of Near             Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, April 23
Visiting Artist, San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico, April 25-26
Panelist, “Positive Change,” Union Gallery, University of Arizona, January 23rd.
Panelist, “Beyond Counterstance,” Arts in the One World Conference, CalArts, January 17th.
2008        Artist Talk, “Our Land, Our People, Our Images,”  Amrind Foundation, AZ, Oct 19th.
Panelist, Paper:  “Border Identities: Negotiating the Line in Contemporary Middle Eastern Art” Developing             and Assessing Intercultural Competence, CERCLL, Tucson, AZ, Oct 9-12th.
Visiting Artist Talk, Paper: “Women, War and Violence”, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, Oct 4th.
Panelist, Conversations Across Religious Traditions, University of Arizona, April 4th.
Panelist, Collaboration and Feminist Practice, Bronx Museum, NYC, NY, March 2
Artist Talk and Nueva Luz Signing, Peer Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, NY, March 1st, time TBA.
Panelist, We Make The Road By Walking: an Interfaith Collaboration, In Perfect Harmony Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson,  March 16th.
2007    Directors Talk, CinemaEast Film Festival, IFC Theater, NYC, NY, November 13th.
Panelist, Paper: “Without Papers” (co-authored with Dr. Marvin Gladney), MESA 2007 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, Nov 17-20.
Panelist, Workshops for K-12 teachers, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Arizona, Paper: “Facts on The Ground: an update on daily life in the West Bank,” April 14th.
Panelist, Gender and Identity in the Middle East and Latin America, workshops for K-12 teachers, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Arizona, Feb 3, Paper: “Gender and Art in the West Bank Refugee Camps.”
2006    Chair, panel, “Expressions under Duress: Palestinian Creative and Visual Arts”, MESA 2006 Annual Conference, Boston, MA, Nov 18-21.
Visiting Lecturer, Topic: “Art, Identity and Material Culture in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”, Near Eastern Studies Graduate Seminar (invited by Prof. Leila Hudson), University of Arizona, Nov 9th.
Visiting Lecturer, Topic: “Art and Activism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” Political Studies/Near Eastern Studies 441 (invited by David J. Dunford), Oct. 16th.
Visiting Artist, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA , Oct 12th.
Panelist and Exhibitor. Paper: “Emails From Palestine: An Electronic Witness to the Palestinian Apartheid,” Project: “My Apartheid Vacation,” AUESTA Conference, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 9-12.
Panelist. Paper: “The Idea of Home: Memory Work in The Palestinian Diaspora,” Mapping Arab Diasporas Conference, Center for Arab American Studies, University of Michigan, Dearborn, April 27-29.
Panelist and Exhibitor. Panel: “Women Imaging Women.”  Project: “Birthright,” International Indigenous Photographers Conference & Exhibition, University of California, Davis April 7-9.
Panelist / Exhibitor. Paper: “The Body as a Vehicle of Protest”, Portfolio: “Body/Body Question,” Genetic ImPRINT (The Printmaking Genome Project), Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, WI, March 30-April 3.
2005    Main Character, ROOTS (Documentary directed by Wafa Jamil and produced by Walid Atallah), shot in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Budrus and Hebron, West Bank.
Visiting Artist. Foothills Academy, Wheat Ridge, CO, October 7th.
Exhibitor. Project: “Re-interpreting The Occupation of One’s Land” Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Washington D.C. March 30- April 3rd.
2004    Exhibitor and Co-curator. Project: “Goodbye to the Weapon” and “Self-Portrait One,” War Conference, Center of Humanities Spring Colloquium, University of Colorado, March.
2003    Poster Session, presentation: “Women Artists in New Media,” University of Colorado Gender and Information Technology Four Campus Symposium, Denver, CO, April 11th.

COLLECTIONS

USA        The Photography Institute Archive at The Getty Research Institute, The Getty Museum, LA, CA
The Gorman Museum, Davis, CA
The Prints Collection Archive, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington D.C.
The ‘Colorado Collection’, CU Art Museum, CO
The University of Illinois at Chicago, The University Library, Chicago, IL
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
Mark and Polly Addison, Boulder, CO
Sherry Wiggins, Boulder, CO
UK        Daniel Pinoy, London
Hichem Zebidi, London
Alyreza Collection
Alia Al-Senussi, London
Jordan        Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Ali Shaib, Amman, Jordan
Kuwait         Rana Sadik, Shuwaikh, Kuwait
UAE        Mr. and Mrs. Darawish, UAE
Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi, Sharjah, UAE
Allan McIntyre, UAE
Palestine        The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, West Bank
Dr. Nuha Khoury, Bethlehem, West Bank
Wafa Jamil, Ramallah, West Bank
Joseph Handal, Ramallah, West Bank
Guatemala     María Elena Vides de Ovalle, Guatemala City
Silvanna de Chinchilla, Guatemala City
Paola Mancylla, Guatemala City
Eduardo Betancourt, Guatemala City
Beatriz Triay, Guatemala City
Colombia     Yanina Castillo

BIBLIOGRAPHY (reviews / interviews / citations)

2009        Wriston opens First Exhibit of the School Year, article Kirsten Rusinak, The Lawrentian, Sept 25th.
Visual arts review: Creativity vs Destruction: Stories of Iraqi Art, review by Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, July             7th
80 per cent of Iraqi artists live elsewhere – Creativity vs Destruction review, Artradarasia, July 23rd.
Wriston opens First Exhibit of the School Year, article Kirsten Rusinak, The Lawrentian, Sept 25th.
Interview with Sama Alshaibi, by Reem Fekri, Art Dubai Journal, April 24, 2009
http://www.artdubai.ae/journal/2009/march/Sama_Alshaibi.html
Experienced Eyes, article by Alan Philps, The National (U.A.E.), Feb 22nd.
Palestine take centre stage at this year’s Art Dubai, article by Bi-Mi staff, Business Intelligence Middle             East, Feb 22nd.
London serves up a lively menu of Mideast culture, review by Susannah Tarbush, Saudi Gazette,                     Feb 8th.
2008    Borders, Boundaries, and Barricades, review by Elizabeth Fasolino, The East Hampton Star, August 26th.
Featured Artist, The Justice Issue, The Coup Magazine, Spring.
Learning alongside – notes from “Turning our Tongues: Audio Journals from Dheisheh Refugee Camp,” essay by Rozalinda Borcila, Third Text (issue on “Tactical Media”), Summer, 2008.
Art and Artists in Dialogue Over Divergent Religions, article by La Monica Everett-Haynes, UA News – University Communications, April 2, 2008.
West Bank Story, article by Lauren Weinburg, Time Out Chicago Magazine, issue 159, March 13 – 19.
Art Exhibition Confronts Issues in the Middle East, radio program produced by Blair Chavis, Chicago Public Radio WBEZ 91.5, transcript available at http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=19636, March 20, 2008.
Secrets Exhibit Opens Dialogue at Glass Curtain Gallery, review of Secrets exhibition, The Loop, Columbia College, Chicago.
New Encyclopedia Celebrates Arab-American Artists, book review, http://www.america.gov, March 3rd, 2008
(republished in Gulf News, March 8th)
2007    ARTISTS .. Palestinian land .. the body .. novel) new book in three languages, Book Launch and Review by Ali Sawafteh, West Bank Reuters: http://ara.today.reuters.com Dec 13, 2007 3:10 PM GMT
CinemaEast Meets West, CinemaEast Festival review by Shahnaz Habib, The Reeler, Nov 7th.
Main Features, interview with Brett Hendrickson, Refuge and Rejection, Arizona State University, October.
Featured Artist, Commentary: Hannah Frieser, Director of Light Work,  Nueva Luz Magazine/ En Foco, 12:1.
Martini on The Rockies, 30 minute interview with Beth Krensky (FM 101.5 Denver, Colorado). October 20th.
Bridging The Empathy Gap, review by Amelia Ishmael, Boulder Weekly, June 2nd.
Secrets interview on “Hemispheres”, KGNU Independent Community Radio, Front Range, Colorado, May 1st.
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, article by Veronica Passalacqua, American Indian Art Magazine, Winter 2006, p.50-57, 90.
The Unearthing of Secrets: Palestinian Art, 6+ and a Series of Transgressions, article by Maymanah Farhat, The Electronic Intifada, April 25, 2007.
The Unearthing of Secrets: Palestinian Art, 6+ and a Series of Transgressions, article by Maymanah Farhat, ArteEast – ArteNews, March 2007. <http://www.arteeast.org>
BYTES Exhibit Creates Buzz, review by Alexandria Kassman, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Jan 11.
2006        Alshaibi & Borcila, South Africa exhibition forward by Dr. M. Neelika Jayawardane, July.
Transformation, article by Thomas B. Harrison, Mobile Press-Register, May 7.
Art New England Magazine, Unveiling review by Lauren Fensterstock, Jan/Feb issue.
2005    National Photography Competition article by Althea Mock, CameraArts Magazine October/November issue
Mizna’s Arab Film Fest: A week of cinema. Festival review by Lydia Howell, Pulse of the Twin Cities, Nov 10.
Ambitious Festival Celebrates Arab Cinema. Festival review by Colin Covert, Start Tribune, Nov 10.
The Personal is Geopolitical. Mizna 3rd Annual Arab Film Festival Review by Caroline Palmer, Pioneer Press, MN, Nov 8.
Hearye! Hearye! Unveiling review by Ian Paige, The Portland Phoenix, Sept 28.
The Future is Now. Afrofuturism review by Katie Wilber, The Minnesota Daily, Sept 29.
Black to The Future. Afrofuturism review by Mary Abbe, Star Tribune, Sept 23.
Afrofuturism Maps Trajectory of Race and Technology. Afrofuturism review by Rashard Zanders, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, September 14.
Agendas, Technology on Display. “Futures and Histories Restored” review by Elizabeth Marglin, The Daily Camera, April 10.
Symposium to Debate Women in Battles.  “Women, War and Peace” review by Megan O’Neil, The Observer, March 18.
Prisoners of Perception. “Martyrs, Saints & Liars” exhibition review by Andrew S. Hughes, South Bend Tribune, Jan 7.
2004    Arte de la Pedagogia, Difusión de la academia y la cultura. Año 5 Vol.1 No.17, review by George Rivera Ph.D, October.
Gallery Sovereign Demonstrates the Power of Political Art. WAR exhibition review by J. Gluckstern, The Daily Camera, March 4.
Face to Face with ‘WAR’: Colloquium Addresses Conflict, Its Causes and Consequences. Interview and article by Cheryl Nedderman, Colorado Daily, March 2.
2003    Complete the ‘Diatribe’. Review of Diatribes in the BLOOD Lines & Connection exhibition review by Elizabeth Decoursey, Colorado Daily, November 18.
Social Studies, BLOOD Lines and Connections. Exhibition review by Michael Paglia, Westword, October 30,
International Perspectives at MCA. BLOOD Lines & Connections exhibition review by J. Gluckstern, The Daily Camera, October 19.
‘Blood’ Scales Man’s Nature, Place. BLOOD Lines & Connections exhibition review by Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, October 3.
La Diåspora  y el Desplazamiento en el Trabajo de Sama  Alshaibi. Zaman : I remember exhibition review by Edwin Siekavizza, El Periodico Guatemala, Nov 4.
Beyond U.S.A. BLOOD Lines Mines a Streak of Protest. BLOOD Lines & Connection exhibition review by Susan Froyd, Westword, October 3.
Adapting to Two Worlds: Sama Alshaibi. Article by Caitlin Nagle, Colorado Daily, January 10.