Khaled Malas
Khaled Malas is an architect and art historian from Damascus. His primary research interests lie in the role of images and image-making technologies in producing and challenging the potential of places. At NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, he is writing a dissertation on medieval magico-medicinal bowls. Khaled is also the principal of Sigil, an art/design collective that seeks to explore the marvellous and terrifying metamorphoses of Arab landscapes marked by historical and contemporary struggles. He currently teaches at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.