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Abdo Zin Eldin

Abdo Zin Eldin is an Egyptian artist and filmmaker working across film, sound, and installation. His practice focuses on marginalised, rural and underrepresented communities, as well as suppressed histories, ephemeral practices and fragile worlds at risk of vanishing. He is the founder of GalalaLive, a platform and band dedicated to preserving and reinterpreting marginalised musical traditions. His work has been presented at the BFI London Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, Eye Filmmuseum, and various live venues in Cairo and Amsterdam.

Most recently, his work is featured in Framer Framed’s exhibition Wild Waters: Dams and And Deltas After Modernity (2026) on the inextricable links between water, colonial expansion and territorial exploitation.


Exhibitions


Exhibition: Wild Waters

The exhibition curated by Àngels Miralda examines water as both a life-sustaining resource and an instrument of political power