The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Normandie Hotel Puerto Rico
1942
El Falansterio de Puerta de Tierra 4 - San Juan Puerto Rico
1937
Ex Hotel La Floresta 02
1937
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 2
1939
El Falansterio de Puerta de Tierra 3 - San Juan Puerto Rico
1937
Puente de Martín Peña (1939)
1939
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 3
1939
Parkview Square from Arab Street
2002
Art Deco Banco Popular
1939
Buildings in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - DSC07154
1939
Puente de Martin Pena
1939
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 7
1939
El Falansterio de Puerta de Tierra 2 - San Juan Puerto Rico
1937
Puente de Martín Peña (detail)
1939
Old San Juan - View of Banco Popular
1939
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 1
1939
Escuela Nicolás Aguayo Aldea en Caguas, Puerto Rico
1939
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico building facade, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1939
Martin Pena Bridge, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1939
Hotel Normandie, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1942
Ex Hotel - La Floresta, Uruguay
1937
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 4
1939
Ex Hotel La Floresta 01
1937
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 6
1939
El Falansterio de Puerta de Tierra 1 - San Juan Puerto Rico
1937
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 8
1939
Aguayo Aldea Vocational High School 5
1939
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
2016 Montevide Sala Brunet
Cine Teatro PLaza en frente a PLaza constitucion por Francisco Fondar 3
Gran Teatro Metro, Montevideo
Palacio Díaz y edificio vecino
2016 vista del Palacio Díaz Av. 18 de Julio 1333, entre Yaguarón y Ejido de Montevideo
Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Art Deco Montevideo (6025665818)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025435794)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025110571)
Art Deco, Montevideo (6016901297)
Art Deco Entrance, Montevideo (6017471742)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025438284)
Bas-relief, Montevideo (6012740351)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025037269)
Art Deco Montevideo, Cinema (6025594928)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025667242)
Art Deco, Montevideo (6016570692)
Art Deco, Montevideo (6016896895)
Art Deco Montevideo (6028154774)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025670718)
Caja de Auxilios del Sindicato de Vendedores de Diarios y Revistas
Bas-relief, Montevideo (6017463696)
2016 Montevideo museo Torres García
Art Deco Montevideo (6020541002)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025668770)
Art Deco Montevideo (6025187916)
Art Deco Montevideo (6024850227)
Art Deco Montevideo (6020002389)
Canto de Paz (6083222675)
San Juan - City from the harbor
1939
San Juan - Banco Popular Building 2
1955
San Juan - Puente de Martin Peña (1906)
1906
Town hall in Manatí barrio-pueblo, Puerto Rico
Town hall in Manatí barrio-pueblo
Bridge at Martin Peña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1905
San Juan - Banco Popular Building
1956
Edificios Comerciales Minas 725 LA 1
2016 Montevideo Edificio art decó en Plaza Independencia 5846 - Uruguay
Plaza Juan Ponce de Leon in Ponce (IMG 2695)
Plaza de Mercado de Ponce (1920), Barrio Quinto, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1920
Francisco Pancho Coimbre Museum in Ponce (IMG 2949)
Hotel Fox, C. Isabel, frente a Plaza Muñoz Rivera, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al norte (20191218 123003B)
Old San Juan - Art Deco building
Antiguo Teatro Argel, C. Victoria, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al sureste (DSC01823A)
Antiguo Teatro Rex en la Calle Mayor Cantera, casi frente a la Calle Acueducto, Barrio Sexto, Ponce, PR (DSC04925)
Miramar - Art Deco building
Miramar - Art Deco Apartment building 2
Miramar - Art Deco Apartment building
Plaza del Mercado Isabel II in Ponce, PR (IMG 2684)
Old Arab Bank building Amman
Personificación del Uruguay
1919
Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt
1795
Bowl with Arabic Proverb
975
Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"
975
Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
-900
Jar with Carved Benedictory Arabic Inscription in Thuluth Script
1100
Kiosco policial en la rambla de Montevideo
Kiosco policial en la rambla
Un bar que nunca cerró sus puertas, Expreso Pocitos
Montevideo avanza camino a clase recorrida por la escuela Nro. 47 Washington Beltran - 20230722dicimouyit0026
Miami Apartments, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1940
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
1223
Ex-hotel Planeta Palace 02
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio
Popa del Yacht Club Uruguayo
Hotel Escorial de Piriápolis - panoramio
Edificio El Planeta, Atlántida
From Hotel Sofitel Montevideo Casino Carrasco and Spa - 130325-9023-jikatu (8593697052)
Hotel Riviera en Barrio Carrasco visto desde Rambla Republica de Mexico - panoramio (1)
Yacht Club desde la rampa
Kiosco policial abandonado
Parque Rodó - Funfair (33259547981)
Yacht Club desde las amarras
2009 Uruguayan primary elections - Campaign on the Montevidean rambla 1
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (2)
Puertito del Buceo, Montevideo
El hotel barco de Atlántida
Hotel Riviera en Barrio Carrasco visto desde Rambla Republica de Mexico - panoramio
Edificio Planeta (Atlantida Canelones)
Edificio-Montevideo-abr2022
Hotel "El Planeta" - 1048FMHA
1937
Hotel "Bristol" - 1056FMHA
1937
Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (3)
Proa del Yacht Club Uruguayo
Puerto de Buceo Montevideo
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (3)
Edificio Planeta - Balneario Atlántida - Departamento de Canelones - Uruguay
Rambla de Piriápolis - panoramio (4)
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (9)
Police kiosk (2084692279)
Ex-hotel Planeta Palace 01
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (5)
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (4)
Embarcando en el Yacht Club
Uruguay Yacht Club (6027610393)
Hotel Escorial, Piriápolis
Edificio del Yacht Club Uruguayo
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (7)
Plaza Cuba en Montevideo 05
El Yacht Club desde el agua
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (8)
Edificio "El planeta" Atardecer.
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (6)
Rambla Republica de Chile esquina Solano Lopez - panoramio
Edificio Planeta Rambla de Atlántida Ruta 10 Canelones Uruguay Verano 2012 - panoramio (1)
Del guincho al agua en el Yacht Club
Edificio en Uruguay en 1935 - 06512FMHGE
1935
Bowl with Arabic Inscription
900
Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Leaf with Arabic Prayers
1713
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")
1000
Ewer with Repeated Arabic Phrase, "Blessing"
900
Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"
900
Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes to its Owner
1150
Arab Open University (logo)
2009
Uncle Sam and the Goddess of Liberty bring freedom to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines (1898 newspaper cartoon)
2016
Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands.
1953
Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Thomas Milo Showing How to Render an Arabic Typeface Digitized
2015
Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A., WPA poster - park
2010
Vote for your liberty — Uruguayan poster
James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo
2021
By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster
1963
Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).
1258
Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Sports mania meets small island life on Puerto Rican artist Joshua Nazario’s canvas
2026
“It still has a lot to do”: The history of Uruguayan design and its slow and steady influence on the world
2022
Uncle Sam with a stew of Hawaii, Philippines and Puerto Rico (Porto Rico), from- Satterfield cartoon about American expansionism as cannibalism (cropped)
2019
Olympische voetbalfinale Argentinië-Uruguay
2018
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021