Category: Design Inspiration
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Saudi Art
Saudi Arabian art includes both the arts of Bedouin nomads and those of the sedentary peoples of regions such as the Hejaz, Tihamah, Asir and the Najd. There is also a vibrant modern art scene in major cities highlighting social issues, with a number of prominent women artists. Architecture The first mosque of Islam was the house…
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Iranian Art: Geometric (forthcoming)
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Shirin Neshat
Source: edited and extended from Wikipedia Shirin Neshat (Persian: شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers around the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity…
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Iranian Art: Modern
Shirin Neshat Siamak Filizadeh Uses references to traditional Iranian miniatures. Shahname in Modern Iranian Art Ghalamdar Street Artist Ghalamdar Street Artist article Mansur Qandriz http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/qandriz-mansur ??Sotheby’s
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Islamic Geometric Design using Abobe Illustrator
Digital constructions Tutorial series by Smail Dahnani
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Islamic Modern Art
Jameel Prise 3 Jameel Prize 4
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Saudi Arabia : Research
Saudi Arabia background from Money Rush Wikipedia Human Rights Amnesty Report 2016-2017 Human Rights Watch updates Arms Trade Does UK’s lucrative arms trade come at the cost of political repression? Observer Feb 2017 The UK has made 10 times more in arms sales to Saudi Arabia than it’s given in aid to Yemen Independent March 2017 Women…
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United Arab Emirates : Research
United Arab Emirates : Assignment pages Allies Shk Rashid Dubai Shk Zayed Abu Dhabi Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, favourite wife of Shkh Zayed Sheikha Sanaa bint al Mana al Maktoum Dubai princess and entrepreneur Abdul Ghaffair Hussain: deputy director of Dubai Municipality Mahdi Al Tajeer – billionaire ambassador to London (lack of safety, Billionaire list) Margaret…
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Oman : Research
Money Rush pages Oman Background Players: Sultan Qaboos Wikipedia article on Qaboos Eggleton Deals: Omani women Oman Arms deals Overview Wikipedia: Oman Google images Oman is the oldest independent state in the Arab world- at its peak in the 19th century the Omani Empire stretched down the east African coast and vied with Portugal and Britain…
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Filippo Marinetti
Marinetti typography Google images Futurist_Manifesto Edited from Wikipedia article Futurism Marinetti is known best as the author of the Futurist Manifesto, which he wrote in 1909. It was published in French on the front page of the most prestigious French daily newspaper, Le Figaro, on 20 February 1909. In The Founding and…