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Rayya Badran
Writer, translator, and educator
Based in Beirut, Rayya Badran is a writer and translator whose practice centers on sound, music, and contemporary art. Her writings have featured in various publications such as Bidoun, Art Review, Art Papers, Norient, The Wire, and more. She was guest editor of the Beirut Art Center's online publication The Derivative in 2020 and curator and editor of the Norient City Sounds Online Special: Beirut in 2022. She taught courses on contemporary art and sound studies at the department of Fine Arts and Art History at the American University of Beirut from 2014 to 2021. She is co-curator of the forthcoming second edition of the Listening Biennial in 2023.