Nationhood: Artist Talks with Haneen Hadiy and Miriam Ali

To accompany our current exhibition Nationhood: Memory and Hope, we invite you to join us for a series of artist talks featuring emerging Glasgow-based photographers Miriam Ali and Haneen Hadiy. Both artists will share insights into their creative processes and discuss the works they currently have on display.

Miriam Ali’s Letting Glasgow Flourish portraits spotlight grassroots activists from community organisations in Glasgow. The series celebrates unsung local heroes, capturing the people who are building more connected and inclusive community spaces—places that spark joy, create opportunities, and strengthen the communities they serve.

Haneen Hadiy’s Scotland Through Her Eyes project explores connections of cultural identity, family history, spirituality, and the natural beauty of dramatic Scottish landscapes; all through the lens of Islamic symbolism. Taken in the Campsies, the photographs illustrate the ways her family has, across generations, interlaced their life into Scotland from Iraq, becoming both inseparable from the landscape and uniquely positioned within it.

This is a free event.