Haven for Artists is an all-inclusive queer feminist art organisation (NGO) founded in 2011 and based in Beirut, Lebanon. It is working at the intersection of art and activism and combines creative and humanitarian methods to facilitate a safe space for the exchange of knowledge, tools, and skills in order to create a more just world. HFA renovated two heritage houses in Beirut which acted as a cultural safe space and shelter for LGBTQI and women’s community, hosting multiple and regular events, workshops, panels and public discussions. By extending its network, skills, and tools to work on numerous campaigns for human rights, HFA provided a platform and network for talented creatives to extend the reach of art and activism.

A curated visual queer art is an archive book that will be created by compiling research on milestones of achievements and the art produced to fight oppression and inequality. The book will include the works of varying visual queer artists from the Middle East. As many of them are marginalised, censored or omitted from the public sphere, the intention of HFA is to document and archive monumental art pieces, in order to showcase the multiplicity of views and experiences regarding the struggles of queer communities in the region. Also, as members of the LGBTQIA+ artists and activists community, the HFA organisation members aim to be the persons who write their own history.