Ghada Amer is a contemporary Egyptian artist best known for her erotic embroideries that deal with social issues, including sexuality, female identity, and Islamic culture. Through her intricate fabric work, the artist seeks to present a representation of the nude female body which is autonomous from burden of the male gaze through needlework, a traditionally female discipline. For example, in her work Snow White Without the Dwarves, Amer stitches a doe-eyed Snow White with images of naked women touching themselves in the background, a symbol of the princess’s sexual liberation. "I liked the idea of representing women through the medium of thread because it is so identified with femininity," she has said of her work. "I wanted to paint...