Rawaa Talass
Arts and Culture Journalist at Freelance
👩🏻💻✍🏼 Arts & Culture journalist, specializing in the Middle East. Words in Arab News, AD Middle East, The New Arab, Artsy, The Art Newspaper, Kayhan Life.
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1 day ago |
voguearabia.com | Rawaa Talass
The Middle East is home to thousands of mosques, serving Muslim communities but also representing ancient and modern gems of long-practiced Islamic architecture. While the region is known for its famous landmarks, such as Al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine and Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, there are lesser known and newer spaces that have interesting stories to tell and artistic details to revel in. In honour of Eid Al Adha, here are seven unique Middle Eastern mosques that are worth knowing about.
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1 day ago |
voguearabia.com | Rawaa Talass
In 2011, Asmaa Al-Shabibi and her business partner William Lawrie opened in Dubai their namesake art gallery, Lawrie Shabibi, which supports and showcases 23 regional and international artists. But you could say that Al-Shabibi's capability of innately guiding artists and developing an eye for art goes back to when she was just eighteen years old.
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2 days ago |
admiddleeast.com | Rawaa Talass
These are the Arab women ceramic artists you need to have on your radar. In contemporary craft and design, the humble and personal practice of working with clay is fast becoming a coveted mainstream artistic medium.
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5 days ago |
admiddleeast.com | Rawaa Talass
Every May in spring, a time of hope and renewal, hardworking farmers in Syria embark on Damask rose harvesting, collecting by hand joyful and visually-pleasing heaps of the vibrantly pink flower. The Damask rose's cultural and economic significance is akin to that of the olive harvest in Palestine, as well as saffron picking in Afghanistan. Also known as the Damascene rose, its uses are plentiful and unique; utilised in beverages, potions and foodstuffs. What is the Damask rose?
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1 week ago |
admiddleeast.com | Rawaa Talass
“We want to emphasise the fact that when you are bombing a population, you are trying to damage its history too. It’s a mistake to think that you can just shut your eyes to the situation,” the exhibition's curator, Elodie Bouffard, told AD. “Gaza was destroyed many times, and every time, the population rebuilt it.
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“When you are bombing a population, you are trying to damage its history too.” A total of 100 delicate artefacts from #Gaza is currently on view at @Imarabe in #Paris, highlighting its rich – yet endangered – archaeological history: https://t.co/gCD9y3eAmL
RT @a_jab911: 2025/5/13 سوريا بلا عقوبات. سوريا بخير وإلى الأمام باذن الله 🇸🇾♥️" #ترامب_في_السعودية https://t.co/1NHlkjpIGZ
RT @The_NewArab: French Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf reflects on how his admiration for Umm Kulthum inspired his jazz spin on the Egy…
