Edwin Nasr is a writer based in Beirut. His research focuses on cinematic and artistic modes of production in the Arab region, the digital reproducibility of trauma, and parafiction as a form of queer opacity. His writings have been featured in Jadaliyya, the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Muftah Magazine, ArteEast, Counterpunch, and Reorient, and he has given talks at Harvard University VES, the American University of Beirut (AUB), and Asia Contemporary Art Week: Field Meeting. Nasr is currently the Assistant to the Director at Ashkal Alwan, a non-profit organization dedicated to artistic production, research, and education