Pipe dreams: With love from Toronto, in conversation with Mitra Fakhrashrafi
By Zain Dada and Nabil Al-Kinani
Pipe Dreams tells the stories of shisha cafe owners & other Arab businesses; on their experiences of turning an industrialised area of London into a cultural hub for Arab diasporas across the UK. The zine features an interview with Toronto-based curator, Mitra Fakhrashrafi who researched the impact of a by-law in Toronto which banned shisha in 2015. This publication formed part of the biennial Shubbak Festival 2021, Europe’s largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab culture. The production team consisted of British-Tunisian photographer Sana Badri, artist and filmmaker Nur Hannah Wan, writers Zain Dada and Nabil Al-Kinani, and graphic designer Walid Bouchouchi.
Purchase the zine at Khidr Comix Lab