moodboard of contemporary arab culture

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These guys are nuts, good nuts

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1WwslzE48o)

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Drawing: Ink on Paper. This piece features Al-Mutanabbi’s proverb “إذا رأيت نيوب الليث فلا تظنن أن الليث يبتسم” “Just because you see the lion’s teeth don’t assume that the lion is smiling” The quote is written exactly six times throughout the image of the Lion.

(via Saatchi Art: Mutanabbi’s Lion - Limited Edition Arabic Calligraphy print 50 of 50 Drawing by Everitte Barbee)

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Looking back at ancient Arab literature

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Nido Bouchra by Hassan Hajjaj

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#arabiscool #morocco #hassanhajjaj #art #collage

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1WwslzE48o)

Great interview translated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi1EiPTlMh4

Also on https://soundcloud.com/bu-kolthoum

@Bu_Kolthoum on Twitter

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Q86mV7EgQ)

Also on https://soundcloud.com/el-rass-the-head

@El_rass on Twitter

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc0Rt5fkL1M)

Also on https://soundcloud.com/emsallam

@emsallamvdie on Twitter

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zGnGeiMun8)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avEm0Rui2N8)

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#arabiscool #tunisia #tunis #activist #free #arab #تونس @klaybbj

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#arabiscool #tunisia #tunis #music #activist #free #arab

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#arabiscool #ksa #saudi #music #popactivism #women

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Noura Mint Seymali's mesmerizing voice with her husband's,Jeiche Ould Chighaly, stinging guitar, both out of Mauritania, of a Moorish griot family. Guests on KEXP

website: http://www.nouramintseymali.com