Brownbook is an urban guide to the Middle East.
“One of the Arab-world’s best-selling authors Alaa Ah Aswang ... ‘I became a dentist because you can not make a living in the Arab world from writing fiction and you must have another profession ... Even Nanguib Mahtouz – a Nobel Prize winner – had to work for the government until the age of retirement.”
“Hani Charaf, the Syrian designer behind Sharjah Biennial’s creative communication material ... ‘always try to find a balance between your convictions and the reality of the business world.”
“Ahmad Humeid ... [behind] Jordan’s Syntax design agency ... you need tension inside a company between money and art.”
“Yto Barrada [artist and co-founder of] the Cinematheque de Tanger ... ‘You need someone in charge of getting grants and sponsorships ... You need a specialist, but it’s a matter of paying them, and you need money to pay people ... It’s possible you can find the money, if you have the ideas and you’re ready to put together a team. I had an extraordinary amount of help from interns ... The idea of mass tourism is not where things are going. The more it’s local, the more interesting it is ... If you’re doing something else on the side it doesn’t work.’”
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