The Barjeel Art Foundation today launches the Barjeel Poetry Prize, an international two-language ekphrastic poetry competition that invites writers to respond to twenty works of Arab art from the 20th century.
Three Free Online: ‘Modern Art in The Arab World,’ ‘The Stillborn,’ ‘Gate of the Sun’
"Three must-read books, translated mostly or entirely from the Arabic, have appeared free online from publishers in recent weeks."
‘Khatt’: From a Love of Egyptian Pop Culture and Arabic Typography
"When we decided to create this book, we wanted to make sure it didn’t seem overly academic but we also did not want it to simply function as a photography book. We felt like we needed to contextualize the images shown and also allow for deeper journeys into specific projects or approaches."
