Yaqeen Yamani

Yaqeen Yamani (she/her, b.1997) is a Yemeni Palestinian photographer and artist who received a BA in Media Studies and Film from the Al-Quds Bard College and is a Fulbright Scholar with an MFA in Photography from Tyler School of Art at Temple University.Yamani is currently a resident at Twelve Arts Gates in Philadelphia and a mentee at Magnum Foundation, Prince Claus Fund, and AFAC. Her art practice includes photography, video, and printmaking. Her process centers material experimentation to explore themes of identity, rage, and grief. Through the use of language, image and text, Yamani’s current body of work focuses on modes of resistance, intervention, disruption, and reclamation. Besides her artistic practice,Yaqeen is community oriented and enjoys teaching art, photography, and organizing film screenings for the community by running a Jericho Cinema Club.