Seeds of Doubt

Egypt

Established in 2024, Seeds of Doubt is a collective of artists, researchers, and filmmakers Dana Salama, Mena El Shazly, Omnia Sabry, and Rana El Mahallawy, who critically engage Egyptian landscapes and botanical histories through dialogues on the political stakes of archives, expertise, and methodology. Seeds of Doubt's mission is to critique the political implications of their interrogation and engagement. They question the techno-scientific archives, databases, methodologies, and expertise upon which they often rely. The collective continues to expand their rhizome network in Egypt and the region.

Seeds of Doubt is interested in collective work, inspired by natural designs of collaboration and symbiotic relationships, motivated by the need to learn different possibilities and slower ways of being in this world. They follow in the footsteps of historic kin, a sisterhood of beings who made a difference and aimed to be agents of change. Recent exhibitions include Level Five (WT), Alexandria Contemporary Art Days, B'esarya for Arts in October 2025, and Wekalet Benha’s Hyperopia in April 2026. Seeds of Doubt is a recipient of Mophradat's Self Organization 2025.