Tag: Mamdouh Kashlan
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Mamdouh Kashlan’s Displacement (Al-Nozoh), with Footnotes #79
Estimate for 12,000 – 18,000 GBP in Oct 2021 “My country is a refugee inside of me Let my face become a shadow An eternity of enamoured rocks circles me, for I am fire’s first lover And fire is pregnant with my days, a rattle ringing on her breast Her armpit is a well of…
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Mamdouh Kashlan, Women’s public bath in Damascus 01 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, #28
A Hammam is a kind of bath that originated in the Middle East and combines exposure to warm air, then steam or hot-air immersion, massage, and finally a cold-water bath or shower. The Hammam typically requires movement from one room or chamber to the next. Separate wash rooms and soaking pools may be included in the…
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Mamdouh Kashlan, Hammam Al Nissaa/ Women’s public bath 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 47
Damascus Public Baths (Hammams) were commonly used in Damascus as a civilized phenomena that denotes the interest of the Damascenes in their health, and cleanness of bodies. Going to the bath was a religious and social habit of life in the Orient in general and in Damascus in particular. With very limited means of entertainment in…
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