▁ ▁I bra az ▁works ▁by ▁pos ing ▁annual ▁‘ platform s ’ ▁where ▁a ▁question ▁is ▁put ▁to ▁writers , ▁think ers ▁and ▁artists ▁about ▁an ▁issue ▁relevant ▁to ▁the ▁M EN A ▁region . ▁This ▁platform ▁is ▁sent ▁to ▁respond ents ▁both ▁within ▁and ▁beyond ▁the ▁M EN A ▁region . ▁Content ▁is ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁website ▁every ▁month . ▁Cont ribution s ▁are ▁arch ived ▁every ▁twelve ▁months ▁when ▁a ▁new ▁platform ▁begins . ▁▁ ▁I bra az ▁also ▁publish es ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁books , ▁edited ▁by ▁Anthony ▁Dow ney , ▁under ▁the ▁' Visual ▁Culture ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ' ▁title . ▁To ▁date , ▁these ▁have ▁included ▁Future ▁Imper fect : ▁Contempor ary ▁Art ▁Pract ices ▁and ▁Cultural ▁Institution s ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁( S tern berg ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ); ▁D isson ant ▁Archives : ▁Contempor ary ▁Visual ▁Culture ▁and ▁Cont ested ▁N arr atives ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁( I . B . ▁T aur is , ▁ 2 0 1 5 ); ▁and ▁Un common ▁Gr ounds : ▁New ▁Media ▁and ▁Crit ical ▁Pract ices ▁in ▁North ▁Africa ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁( I . B . ▁T aur is , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁I bra az ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁from ▁discuss ions ▁between ▁Anthony ▁Dow ney , ▁Kam el ▁Laz aar ▁and ▁L ina ▁Laz aar . ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁as ▁a ▁research ▁platform ▁to ▁re th ink ▁s tere ot yp