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The V&A has announced the shortlist for the Jameel Prize 4. Eleven artists and designers have been shortlisted for this year’s £25,000 prize, which is awarded every two years in partnership with Art Jameel. They are:
David Chalmers Alesworth
Rasheed Araeen
Lara Assouad
Canan
Cevdet Erek
Sahand Hesamiyan
Lucia Koch
Ghulam Mohammad
Shahpour Pouyan
Wael Shawky
Bahia Shehab
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-jameel-prize/jameel-prize-4/
Author: Vera Illugadóttir/ Your Middle East
These designers have one thing in common – they all challenge conventional ideas about fashion in the Middle East.
Khaled al Qasimi
“There’s always this underlying influence of the UAE and Middle East in my design. The characters I design for are usually urban tribal warriors and nomadic explorers. The idea of dressing as art is part of our culture. The smoking of incense and the placement of the headdress – there’s a whole art to it,” Khaled al Qasimi told CNN.
Fashion design is perhaps an usual career for a royal, but al Qasimi, the son of Sultan Mohamed al Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah, did not let that stop him. He studied literature and architecture in London before deciding to follow his dreams and go into fashion. He presented his first womenswear line in 2008, but has since found his niche in…
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/The Moroccans, © Leila Alaoui/
It seems way too early to pay respect to Leila Alaoui, talented French-Moroccan photographer, in MER’s Remembering sessions. After all, she entered 2016 full of power, only in her thirties.
Unfortunately, Alaoui succumbed to her injuries sustained in the Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) terrorist attacks, only couple of days ago. She was among those (at least) 56 wounded and now joined those more than 30 killed.
Alaoui was born in Paris in 1982 and studied photography at City University of New York (CUNY) before spending time in Morocco and Lebanon.
Her work had been exhibited internationally in recent years, including at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, and was featured in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times and Vogue. Last couple of years she lived between Marrakech and Beirut.
One of her most beautiful projects was The Moroccans. About it, she…
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A blog about work, life and the pursuit of balance.
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"We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us." - Rumi
Artandtravel.com weblog
Pakistan Travel & Tourism, culture, history and news articles.
INDIAN HISTORY
The Asian Diaries
Hello, this is the creative blog of Mark & Heather, we're freelance designers.
Geneva Anderson digs into art
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Some remarks—often with photos!—about manuscripts and the languages, literature, scholarship, and history of Christian culture in the Middle East.
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