Recent actions allegedly perpetrated by the Saudi Arabian monarchy, the brutal murder of a journalist, are nothing new, but have triggered an overdue interest in human rights among museum leaders.
Rijin Sahakian
Rijin Sahakian is a writer and arts organizer. Sahakian received her MA in Cultural Policy from New York University, and initiated Sada, a nonprofit project conducting arts education, advocacy, and production programs for Baghdad-based artists, which she directed until its closure in spring 2015. She has contributed writing to a range of artist projects and publications, and has conducted seminars and curatorial projects at arts and education spaces in the US and abroad.