11. Ghada Amer

<p>This week, Maria talks to Jordan and the listeners about the life and work of Ghada Amer, an Egyptian-born contemporary artist who now resides in New York. Through an in-depth conversation about the complexities of her identity as an artist of the diaspora, in addition to the toxic patriarchal environment she faced in graduate school, find out more about what makes Amer who she is today, and why she so passionately stands by referring to her embroidery as painting.&nbsp;</p>