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2023Eman Ali calmly guides us through the streets of Oman in a touching hometown revisit
2023
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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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
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2017Tria Giovan’s thoughtful portrait of Cuba in the 1990s
2017
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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
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Havana Art Deco (8880280151)
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Havana (262651668)
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1919Social vol IV No 1 enero 1919 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 10 octubre 1919 0000
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1917Social vol II No 4 abril 1917 0000
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1916Social vol I No 11 noviembre 1916 0000
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1917Social vol II No 12 diciembre 1917 0000
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1917Social vol II No 1 enero 1917 0000
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1917Social vol II No 6 junio 1917 0000
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1917Social vol II No 10 octubre 1917 0000
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1916Social vol I No 10 octubre 1916 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 3 marzo 1919 0000
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1917Social vol II No 9 septiembre 1917 0000
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1917Social vol II No 11 noviembre 1917 0000
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1916Social vol I No 9 septiembre 1916 0000
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1917Social vol II No 3 marzo 1917 0000
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1917Social vol II No 5 mayo 1917 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 4 abril 1919 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 5 mayo 1919 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 6 junio 1919 0000
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1917Social vol II No 8 agosto 1917 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 2 febrero 1919 0000
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1919Social vol IV No 12 diciembre 1919 0000
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1916Social vol I No 8 agosto 1916 0000
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1917Social vol II No 2 febrero 1917 0000
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1916Social vol I No 12 diciembre 1916 0000
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1916Social vol I No 7 julio 1916 0000
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1100Earring, One of a Pair
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1701Spear
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1875Gumuri
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1875Guenbri
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1875Rebab
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
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1875Guenbri
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1850Nay
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1501Sword with Scabbard
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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
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900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
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1713Leaf with Arabic Prayers
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
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1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
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1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
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1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
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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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2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
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2020Ryan Debolski spotlights the effects of immigration and globalisation in Oman
2020
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
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2014Photography: Catherine Losing and Anna Lomax celebrate Cuban shop windows
2014
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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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2016Photographer Carlos Jaramillo captures the pigeon racers of Cuba
2016
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2022Gabriel Sanchez paints the strength, hope and vulnerability of Cuban youth
2022
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2018A photographic series documenting the Korean communities of Mexico and Cuba
2018
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2019Davina Jogi's The Portrait examines Zimbabwe after Mugabe
2019
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2017Thomas Pratt photographs youth and music in Santiago de Cuba
2017
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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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2024The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
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2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
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2017Photographer Joshua Osborne takes a closer look at Havana’s male subcultures
2017
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2018Olivia Schenker documents sexual freedom in Cuban LGBTQ+ communities
2018
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2013Olly Burn documents a beautifully dilapidated symbol of hope in Cuba
2013
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2017Globe-trotting photographer Théo de Gueltzl's view of Cuba
2017
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2017Régis Tosetti and François Rappo tell us about Havana's design scene in 2017
2017
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2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
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2020Avoiding clichés, Sophie Wedgwood turns her lens on Havana
2020
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2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
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2015Brad Ogbonna's photography captures the colour and spirit of Cuba
2015
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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”
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2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
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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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2017Rosanna Webster and Phoebe Henry’s cinematic portrait of Cuba
2017
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2017Photographer Rose Marie Cromwell's unconventional look at Havana
2017