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Sama Alshaibi is assistant professor of art in the Photography Department at the University of Arizona, Tucson. She is co-founder of the 6+ women’s art collective. Born in Basra, Iraq, asan Iraqi-Palestinian, she is now a naturalized US citizen. Alshaibi’s recent works investigates “borderlands”, including her own hyphenated identity, as critical sites in both physical and psychological terms. A multi-media artist, Alshaibi’s photography, video and installations are widely exhibited internationally including South Africa, Ireland, China, Jordan, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia and the USA. Her art and essays have recently appeared in Nueva Luz, Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies, and Refuge & Rejection. Alshaibi received her MFA at University of Colorado (Boulder) in Photography, Video and Media Arts (2005).