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The Swiss Arab Cultural Alliance works with institutions, programmes and foundations by taking on the coordination, curation and editorial expertise required to develop selected artistic projects, collaborating with publishers and platforms to enable their international circulation.

What We Do

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how we work

Our work focuses on identifying and developing selected artistic projects, bringing together coordination, curation and editorial expertise to address gaps that limit their circulation across contexts.

We work with institutions, programmes and foundations by taking on this role, and collaborate with publishers and cultural platforms to ensure projects are positioned, understood and able to circulate internationally.

Through pilot initiatives and collaborations such as Illustrated Arab, we test and refine these approaches while contributing to more structured connections between Arab creatives and international publishing and cultural ecosystems.

We actively seek collaborations with publishers, cultural institutions and organisations committed to meaningful and long-term cultural exchange.

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FAQ

  • No. We are a non-profit organisation and do not negotiate contracts or manage rights.

    We work upstream, focusing on the curation, coordination and editorial development of selected projects, preparing them for circulation across publishing and cultural contexts.

  • Our main goal is to strengthen the conditions that enable contemporary Arab visual narratives to be developed, structured and circulate internationally, by connecting artistic projects with publishing and cultural ecosystems.

  • The Alliance is supported through a combination of cultural grants, partnerships and project-based contributions.

    As a non-profit organisation, we develop initiatives in collaboration with public and private partners who share an interest in strengthening the circulation of contemporary Arab visual narratives.

  • We take on the coordination, curation and editorial structuring of selected projects, addressing gaps that often prevent contemporary Arab visual narratives from circulating internationally.

  • The Alliance works through project-based collaborations with institutions, programmes and foundations, who support the development and implementation of its initiatives.

    Depending on the context, we also collaborate with publishers and cultural partners on specific projects, contributing through curation, coordination and editorial expertise.

    Each collaboration is defined according to the scope of the project and aligned with our non-profit mission.

  • We work upstream on the curation, coordination and editorial structuring of selected projects, preparing them to be clearly positioned and understood across different publishing contexts.

    This may include refining editorial direction, contextualising projects, and facilitating connections with relevant partners when appropriate.

    Our role is not to represent titles, but to ensure they are ready to circulate meaningfully across contexts.

  • We work with a curated selection of projects based on their narrative quality, editorial potential and relevance across contexts.
    Selection is an integral part of our work and allows us to focus on projects that can meaningfully circulate internationally.