An Art Book - Negar Ahkami, Kelly Baum, Judith K. Brodsky, Ferris Olin, Gilane Tawadros, Nil Yalter

Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin, co-directors, Rutgers University Institute of Women and Art, curators and authors of The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art and Society, along with two of the contributors of essays to the book, Gilane Tawadros, founding director of the London-based Institute for International Visual Arts, andKelly Baum, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Princeton University Art Museum; and two of the artists featured in the book, Nil Yalter, a Paris-based artist of Turkish heritage and Negar Ahkami, an artist of Iranian descent born and living in the United States discuss the complex social, political, theological and historic issues that shape the status of Middle East women in Middle East countries and the diaspora as expressed through their art.