Rose Issa is a curator, writer and producer who has championed visual art and film from the Middle East for more than 30 years. She has lived in London since the 1980s, showcasing upcoming and established artists and producing exhibitions and film festivals worldwide. As well as holding exhibitions at Rose Issa Projects in London, she is also the founder of the publishing units Rose Issa Projects and Beyond Art Production, where she has published almost 30 catalogues and monographs, including the most recent Signs of Our Times: From Calligraphy to Calligraffiti (Merrell Publishing, 2016) and Ourouba, The Eye of Lebanon (BeirutArtFair,2017)