We Sinful Women: The Library Project, curated by Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K Walia, brings together leading women artists from South Asia and the Middle East, positioning their work within a framework of resistance, resilience and shared histories. Running until 7th December 2025, the exhibition will be accompanied by a panel discussion on Thursday, 16th October, and regular tours led by the curators.
This is the second edition of The Library Project, which began at the Chelsea College of Arts Library. For this iteration, SOAS Library opens its space beyond its members, inviting the wider public to engage with the exhibition in an environment where silence, scholarship and dissent intersect. Open daily from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, the exhibition provides the library with an active site of dialogue, reflection and learning.
The exhibition situates these practices within the geopolitical realities of today, exploring how women artists have continually redefined the personal as political. Their work speaks to solidarities that transcend borders, offering insight into how creative expression becomes both witness and weapon in times of silence and unrest.