Venetia Porter is Curator of Islamic and contemporary Middle Eastern art at the British Museum and curator of the exhibition Reflections: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa. Charles Tripp is Emeritus Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle Eastand North Africa, SOAS and Fellow of the British Academy. Natasha Morris is Myojin-Nadar Project Curator - Modern Middle East art at the British Museum.
"""A book that transcends one's expectations.""-- ""Selection Magazine"" ""An ambitious, wide-ranging tome.""-- ""Elephant Magazine"" ""An insight into the experiments with figuration, calligraphy and politics that have marked the past century and a half of artwork from the Middle East.""-- ""The National"""