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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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 classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Motion
2019Iconic imagery is brilliantly reimagined by Ghana’s film industry in these posters from the 1980s
2019
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Photograph
2002Parkview Square from Arab Street
2002
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Furniture
1800Prestige stool with lion
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1801Atumpan
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1700Geometric gold weight
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1700Kuduo vessel
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1780Nsodie (memorial head) of a queen mother
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1700Seated male gold weight
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1700Gold Weight
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1700Male figure with bird gold weight
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1600Male ntiri (memorial head)
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1800Box of Cowrie Shells
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1700Memorial head
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1700Kuduo vessel
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1700Chicken's head gold weight
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1700Sankofa bird gold weight
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1800Man's kente (prestige cloth)
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1700Gold Weight
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1700Amulet gold weight
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1875Zanze
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1700Mudfish gold weight
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1600Female ntiri (memorial head)
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1801Ganga?
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1700Bird gold weight
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1801Drum
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1700Double-headed bird gold weight
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1600Mask gold weight
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1600Nsodie (memorial head)
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1800Lion Ornament
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1800Lion Ornament
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1800Abamphruwa (gold-dust box)
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1700Geometric gold weight
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1700Gold Weight
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Photograph
1875Five Men
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1700Shield gold weight
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1700Fly whisk gold weight
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1801Breasted Drum
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1700Mother and child gold weight
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1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Photograph
Old Arab Bank building Amman
Drawing
1795Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt
1795
Ceramic
975Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"
975
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975Bowl with Arabic Proverb
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1875Gumuri
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
1800
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875Fragment of a Bowl
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1875Guenbri
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1875Rebab
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1100Earring, One of a Pair
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1700Powder Horn
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1800Necklace
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1701Spear
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800Fragment of a Bowl
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1850Nay
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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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Ceramic
1100Jar with Carved Benedictory Arabic Inscription in Thuluth Script
1100
Publication
1223"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
1223
Object
900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Ceramic
900Bowl with Arabic Inscription
900
Publication
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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Ceramic
1000Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")
1000
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900Ewer with Repeated Arabic Phrase, "Blessing"
900
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1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
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900Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"
900
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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
Ceramic
1150Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes to its Owner
1150
Typeface
Canela Arabic
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Lyon Arabic
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Graphik Arabic
Identity
2009Arab Open University (logo)
2009
Poster
2020Ghana metro Agency 01
2020
Poster
2021Environmental Protection Agency (Ghana) 1
2021
Identity
2022Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Project
2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Project
2020A Vibe Called Tech, Gucci and Manju Journal come together for series celebrating Ghanaian culture and gender fluidity
2020
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Publication
Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Typeface
2015Thomas Milo Showing How to Render an Arabic Typeface Digitized
2015
Identity
2016Mobile Web Ghana logo
2016
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Publication
2020We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Project
2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Project
2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
Project
2020Jeremy Snell cinematically documents life on Ghana’s Lake Volta
2020
Identity
2021Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo
2021
Poster
2022Ghanaian Pidgin Online Meet-up 2
2022
Poster
1963By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster
1963
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Map
2009Makkah and The Hajj. Journey of a lifetime.
2009
Painting
1898Album: Arab
1898
Map
1258Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).
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Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Project
2017Victory Journal turns its gaze on Ghana’s boxing scene
2017
Publication
2024The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Project
2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Identity
2018Logo BBC Arabic
2018
Project
2016Jeremiah Quarshie paints hyperreal portraits of Ghanaian women and water
2016
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2016Photography collective Tripod City's “candid and erratic” Ghana street photography
2016
Poster
2021Environmental Protection Agency (Ghana)
2021
Project
2016The wheels on the tro tro: Charlie Kwai captures Ghana’s spirited public transport
2016
Project
2011What's On: Kings of Kumasi: New Painting from the Asante Capital
2011
Poster
2022Ghanaian Pidgin Online Meet-up 1
2022
Project
2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Project
2024The life cycle of tro tro buses: Caleb Kwarteng Prah fuses portraiture with Ghana’s popular transport
2024
Poster
2021From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Identity
2025Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black
2025
Poster
2023WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress
2023
Identity
2025Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white
2025
Identity
2025Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic vertical in black
2025
Identity
2025Wikiversity logo Arabic horizontal in black
2025