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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
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2016The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi
2016
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
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2008Finnish Illustrators
2008
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
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1875Rebab
1875
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1875Gumuri
1875
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1701Spear
1701
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1850Nay
1850
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1501Sword with Scabbard
1501
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-900Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
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1223"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
1223
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Välskärinkatu 9, Sandelsinkatu 10, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 3, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 5, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 1b, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 7, Helsinki
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Sandelsinkatu 4, Helsinki
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900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
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1713Leaf with Arabic Prayers
1713
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
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1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
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1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
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1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
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1200Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
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2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
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2017Finnish illustrator Daniel Stolle’s atmospheric editorial illustrations
2017
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2025A catalogue of legendary gay artist Tom Of Finland celebrates good sex and good art (NSFW)
2025
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2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2014More great new work from talented Finnish illustrator Toni Halonen
2014
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Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
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2016Typography, Tom of Finland and the technological sublime in the British Art Show 8
2016
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2012Liv Siddall looks back on Helsinki's time in the design spotlight
2012
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2024Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner
2024
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2020We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
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2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
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2012David Shrigley's favourite Finnish illustrator, and now ours: Amanda Vähämäki
2012
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2014Got a really dry brief and need something brilliant? Call Helsinki studio Werklig
2014
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2014Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!
2014
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2013Graphic Design: Lovely new liquorice packaging all the way from Finland
2013
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2013Illustration: More work from the hilarious and sometimes naughty Finnish illustrator, Rami Niemi
2013
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2014Graphic Design: Whoever chose Tom of Finland to be on Finnish stamps is a genius
2014
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2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
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2012Environmentally interactive swarm illuminations in Helsinki's Silo 468
2012
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2024The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
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2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
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2014Illustration: Retro loveliness from brilliant Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander
2014
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2012Helsinki World Design Capital 2012
2012
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2014New work by Finnish illustrator extraordinaire Linda Linko
2014
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2021“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture
2021
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2012Finnish illustration brilliance goes Dutch as Agent Pekka sets up Amsterdam office
2012
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2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
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2013Exhibition: Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi takes weaving to psychedelic new levels
2013
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2015Lonely Boyz: Finnish illustrator Rami Niemi creates a specially commissioned graphic story
2015
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2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
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2013Illustration: bold, brash patterns and pictures from Finland's Antti Uotila
2013
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2022Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
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2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
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2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
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2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
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2013Tommi Musturi's keeping comics alive for the people of Finland
2013
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2016Tom of Finland's house, a hotbed of creativity and desire, captured by Martyn Thompson
2016