She was born on the 28th of February 1991 and named Aaliyah, the exalted, days after Saddam’s retreating forces set fire to the oilfields in Kuwait. From their ...
Raja’a Khalid is a Saudi-born, Dubai-raised (and based) artist and writer. She has an MFA in Art from Cornell University and has exhibited in London, New York, Basel, Vienna, Paris, Rotterdam, Madrid, Dubai and Athens. She is a Best of the Net nominee (2025) and her stories appear or are forthcoming in Vestoj, Jet Fuel Review and KHÔRA.