Tag: Samir Rafi
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Samir Rafi’s The 1948 Nakba, with Footnotes, #52
The 1948 Palestinian exodus, also known as the Nakba, literally “disaster”, “catastrophe”, or “cataclysm”), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs — about half of prewar Palestine’s Arab population — fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1948 Palestine war. Between 400 and 600 Palestinian villages were sacked during the war, while urban…
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12 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 3
Published in Bonestéve, printed by Henri Baconnier, Algiers Lithograph Dimensions: 32 x 41 cm Private Collection Lithograph depicting the family tree of Prophet Muhammad. With two windows on either side of the tree depicting holy scenes of Ka’aba and the tomb and mosque of the Prophet. Lalla Essaydi, (Moroccan, b. 1956) Converging Territories #38, c.…
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