Rola Khayyat is a Lebanese visual storyteller, curator, and educator based in Doha. Her interdisciplinary practice blends photography, archives, and personal narratives to explore war, memory, and belonging. Rooted in socially engaged research, her work challenges erasure and silenced histories. Khayyat holds an MFA from Columbia University and has exhibited internationally. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Jadaliyya, L’Oeil de la Photographie, JMEWS, and more. She has received grants and fellowships from apexart, the Magnum Foundation, Civitella Ranieri, the Fire Station Museum, and others. Khayyat is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at VCUarts Qatar.
