Thana Faroq is a Yemeni photographer, writer, and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art in the Netherlands. She works with photography, texts, sound, and the physicality of the image itself as a way to respond to the changes that have been shaping and defining her life and sense of belonging both in Yemen and the Netherlands Thana’s positioning as a photographer is informed by her reflections on her subject matter, tuning in to other people’s lived experiences with which she continually grows familiar. She also increasingly seeks her own story in the frame. Her work mirrors her life and provides a visual echo of her voice as she gracefully negotiates themes of memory, migration, and intergenerational trauma. Thana has a unique approach to working with her subjects in that she regularly returns to them to continue sharing their journey. Many of these migrant, stateless individuals were with Thana during her transitional period. Amongst her honors, Thana was a recipient of the 2018 inaugural Open Society Foundation Fellowship and the 2019 Arab Documentary Fund supported by the Prince Claus Fund and Magnum Foundation. In 2020 She was selected by the British Journal of photography as “Ones to watch” Thana also the recipient winner of FotoWien photo book award 2022. Thana received her BA in Government and International Relations from Clark University, and MA Photography and Society at The Royal Academy of Art.

Participant in: August 2023 Fellowship: The Arts as a Tool for Peacebuilding