Symposium: Jameel Prize 7

Jill Iredale is a Curator at Bradford District Museums & Galleries. She has created numerous exhibitions with Bradford’s public collection of works by David Hockney, including the David Hockney Gallery at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. She is currently experimenting with ways of curating with collections and involving communities.

Daniel Lowe has been responsible for the British Library’s printed Arabic collections since 2015. Previously, he worked as an Arabic language specialist, cataloguing, researching and digitising India Office Records related to the Persian Gulf (1750-1950).

Shahed Saleem is an architect, author and academic at the University of Westminster. His writing, installations and architectural practice explore the architecture of migrants and diasporas, in particular their relationship to heritage and belonging.

Sofia Karim was a finalist for the Jameel Prize in 2021 for the Turbine Bagh project. This is a UK based platform for political art and activism, focusing on human rights in India and Bangladesh. Her workshop involves making samosa packets highlighting current issues whilst chatting and drinking chai.

Soraya Syed Sanders is a British artist and calligrapher rooted in the living tradition of Islamic script. Trained in Istanbul by masters Hasan Çelebi and Efdaluddin Kılıç, Syed Sanders became the first Briton to receive an ijazah. With practices spanning film, animation, sculpture, performance and immersive installation, this year Syed Sanders presents work in London, Venice and Houston, alongside her forthcoming monograph, The Living Script, published by Skira.