Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). 

Sarah Ahmed is a Networking & Security graduate, and a creative based in Abu Dhabi. She is the founder of  Jaffat El Aqlam, an independent platform established in 2014 that celebrates artistic creations by humans based in the MENA region.

When she's not stressing out about meeting self-made deadlines, she experiments with different mediums of art, film photography, glitch art, sends postcards to strangers, publishes zines and waters her plants.

This human's work has been featured in jaffatelaqlam, al tashkeel magazine (issue #24), qahwa project, nu lit house (issues now, gratitude, paradox, dreams, whole/rest & space) , riwayya, reconnecting arts (issue #1), MACRO: an anthology of image macros & OOMK zine. 

This human also publishes tiny zines, here. 

INTERVIEWS & FEATURES

• BADER ALNOAIMI: INTERVIEW WITH JAFFAT EL AQLAM - 2014

• DESTINATION RIYADH: THE MIDDLE EAST'S TALENT HUB - 2016

• WHERE THE SCRIPT AT?: LETS TALK ABOUT JAFFAT EL AQLAM- 2016

• BANAT COLLECTIVE: ART, PLANTS AND SENDING POSTCARDS - 2016

• DIPLOMANTIQ: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR CREATIVES - 2016

• NEWHIVE: MY 5 INTERNET OBSESSIONS - 2017

• BROWNBOOK - 2017

• BANAT COLLECTIVE: IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL - 2018

• SHADO MAG - 2019

• NO ISBN - 2019

PARTICIPATIONS 

• FULLY BOOKED ART BOOK FAIR - DUBAI - MARCH 2017

• DIY CULTURES ZINE FAIR - UK - MAY 2017 - Thanks to Reconnecting Arts

• POP UP AHWA - LA - AUGUST 2017 - Thanks to Openism

• JEDDAH ART BOOK FAIR - SAUDI ARABIA - Thanks to Raneen Bukhari

• POP UP AHWA - DUBAI - Thanks to Openism

CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS

PREVIOUS

• QASR AL HOSN FESTIVAL - KIDS' WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
  ABU DHABI - FEBRUARY 2016

• ABU DHABI ART FAIR - KIDS' WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
  ABU DHABI - NOVEMBER 2015 & 2016

• SOUQ AL QATTARA FESTIVAL - KIDS' WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
  AL AIN - MAY 2016 & NOVEMBER 2017

• AL AIN OASIS - KIDS' WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
  AL AIN - 2016

• NATIONAL DAY POTLUCK DINNER - WITH SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION
  SHARJAH - NOVEMBER 2016

• THE EVERY URBAN ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION
  SHARJAH - JANUARY 2017

• CARE PACKAGES WORKSHOP - WITH SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION HOSTED BY DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT
  DUBAI - NOV 2017

• CHIMCHE NIGHT - WITH DIPLOMANTIQ HOSTED BY FIKRA CAMPUS

• JEDDAH ART BOOK FAIR - CURATED BY RANEEN BUKHARI
  JEDDAH, FEB 2018

• URBAN ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH SHARI'AH ART FOUNDATION
  SHARJAH, 18th FEB 2018

• SADDLE STITCH BOOKBINDING - WITH DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT
  DUBAI, 11th AUG 2018

• 8 FOLD ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT
  DUBAI, 1st SEPT 2018

• ALTERED REALITIES WORKSHOP - WITH DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT
  DUBAI, 1st SEPT 2018

• SADDLE STITCH BOOKBINDING - WITH SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION
  SHARJAH, 9th NOV 2018

• FOCAL POINT - CURATED BY SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION

• 8 FOLD ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH DUBAI DESIGN WEEK
  DUBAI, 15th NOV 2018

• 8 FOLD ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH WAREHOUSE 421
  ABU DHABI, 29th JAN 2019

• SNAIL MAIL AND POSTCARDS - WITH SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION
  SHARJAH, 16th MARCH 2019

• UAE NOW X BAIT15 - PART OF ART DUBAI
  DUBAI, 19th to 23rd MARCH 2019

• 8 FOLD ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH BAIT15 HOSTED BY ART DUBAI
  DUBAI, 22nd MARCH 2019 - 1:00 PM

UPCOMING

• 8 FOLD ZINE WORKSHOP - WITH JAMEEL’S ART CENTER
  PART OF SUMMER CAMP - SESSION 1
  DUBAI, 11th JULY 2019

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