Razia Iqbal is a Special Correspondent for BBC News, with extensive experience in both the arts and politics. She reports for the BBC’s 6 and 10 o’ clock news and other programmes, including the PM Programme, Woman’s Hour, Front Row, the BBC’s World Service and 5LIVE. From 2003 to 2009 she was the BBC’s Television Arts correspondent. She has also been a reporter in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. At Nottingham Contemporary she will discuss Wael Shawky’s work, in the context of Middle Eastern politics and culture.