Design
Otherwise in Conversation

An evening celebrating Design Otherwise: Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region (Bloomsbury, 2025), with Dr Danah Abdulla in conversation with Dina Benbrahim. Danah Abdulla is a designer, educator and Reader at UAL's Decolonising Arts Institute. Dina Benbrahim is a Moroccan designer, educator and Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Connecticut whose work centres on pan-African feminist design histories in North Africa. Drawing on the book and their research and practices, the conversation explores design education in the Arab region, the histories, power structures and cultural contexts that shape it, and possibilities for teaching, learning and practising design otherwise. Evening programme: 6:00–6:45pm doors and welcome; 6:45–7:30pm in conversation; 7:30–7:50pm audience Q&A; 7:50–8:30pm book browsing, signing and mingling. Curated by Adan Abu Dalu (MAQAM Team). Hosted by MAQAM with Mosaic Rooms. Registration is available through the organiser.