Maymanah Farhat specializes in modern and contemporary Arab art. Farhat has conducted extensive research in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. She has lectured on Middle Eastern visual culture in universities, galleries and non-profit organizations throughout the United States. Her published works include art historical writings, exhibitions reviews, artist profiles, film reviews, and political essays. Since 2006, she has been co-editor of Art AsiaPacific magazine’s annual Almanac, which reports on the year in art in 67 Asian nations. Farhat has curated several exhibitions, including Three Arab Painters in New York, which was held at The Bridge gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea district in 2006. In 2008, she will co-curate Translation, an exhibition featuring the work of 10 contemporary artists from the Middle East and its diaspora at the Elizabeth Foundation in New York.