16.01.2026 — 31.05.2026

Urdu Worlds

Zarina

Ishara Art Foundation, Dubaï

Curated by Hammad Nasar, the exhibition is a visual conversation around language between Ali Kazim and Zarina. The show explores how language provides the tools with which we create and shape our internal ‘worlds’. Words, rather than simply describing our surroundings, give rise to our private lived experiences and shared cultural understandings.

On this occasion, Sarah Burney’s essay “Zarina’s Urdu World” was published, discussing the artist’s use of the Urdu language in her practice as an affirmation of her identity.

Ishara Art Foundation

3, Alserkal Avenue, Street 17
Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE

Opening hours

10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Monday to Saturday