About
Hello, I'm Rahel Aima
ABOUT
Art critic, writer and editor based in Dubai
I’m currently an associate editor at Momus. My writing has appeared in or at 4 Columns, Artforum, Art in America, Artnews, ArtReview, The Atlantic, Bidoun, Bookforum, e-flux architecture, Frieze, Garage, Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia, Mousse, New Republic, Real Life, Rest of World, Tank, Vogue Arabia, and World Policy Journal, among many others. I regularly contribute exhibition texts, catalogue essays and book chapters.
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I was born in Kozhikode, grew up in Dubai and graduated from Columbia University in 2010 with a degree in Anthropology. I am a recipient of a 2018 Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant in the shortform category, and I have been profiled in Elle India and New York Magazine. I run a biweekly newsletter—warm & weird links, culture diaries and featured creatures—called niͥghͪᴛⷮliͥfeͤ, and also maintain a very occasional tinyletter of personal updates here.
I was formerly the founding Editor-in-chief of THE STATE, and have previously been associated with Art Review Asia, The New Inquiry, Ibraaz, Brownbook and Guernica. I am currently working on a collection of essays about where oil meets water in the Arabian Gulf and how we became postwestern.
I am currently based in Dubai. I can be found on social media @cnqmdi
SERVICES
I’m a writer, editor, and consultant for hire.
I have over ten years experience in the publishing industry; get in touch!
WRITING
Copywriting , ghostwriting, blogging, press materials and web or social content
EDITING
Developmental editing, book and catalogue editing, copyediting.
EVENTS
Programming, moderating
CONSULTING
Publishing, editorial strategy, arts PR, sensitivity reader