The Art Curators

Creative space exploring art and faith, particularly supportive of Muslim narratives.

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Nabil Anani (Palestinian artist, b. 1943, Latroun, based in Ramallah, Palestine).

1. Al Jaser Family (Bethlehem), 2011. Acrylic on canvas.

2. Mother's Embrace, 2013. Acrylic on canvas.

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Ken Kitano (Japanese conceptual photographer, b. 1968, Tokyo, Japan), 23 Muslim women wearing the burka, Nira Village, Bagachara City, Bangladesh, 2008

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Shepard Fairey (American artist, b. 1970), Muhammad Ali, 2006

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Fazal Sheikh, Abshiro Aden Mohammed, Women's Leader, Somali Refugee Camp, Dagahaley, Kenya, from the series A Camel for the Son, 2000

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Fazal Sheikh, Simran, New Delhi, India, 2007

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Qin Qi 秦琦 (Chinese artist, b. 1975, Shanxi Province, China, based in Shenyang, China), Masjid, 2016. Oil on canvas. 

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Senegalese photographer Oumar Ly (1943 – 2016), Untitled, Podor, Senegal, 1963-1968

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Ahmed Mater (Saudi artist, b. 1979, Aseer, Saudi Arabia, based in Abha), Nature Morte, 2012

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Ahmed Mater (Saudi artist, b. 1979, Aseer, Saudi Arabia, based in Abha), Cowboy Code (Hadith), 2012. An installation first shown at Edge of Arabia's "We Need to Talk" exhibition, in Jeddah in 2012.

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Ahmed Mater (Saudi artist, b. 1979, Aseer, Saudi Arabia, based in Abha), From the Real to the Symbolic City, 2012. From the series Desert of Pharan (2011–13)

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Ahmed Mater (Saudi artist, b. 1979, Aseer, Saudi Arabia, based in Abha), Pre-Illumination 01, 02, and 04, 2015.

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Ahmed Mater (Saudi artist, b. 1979, Aseer, Saudi Arabia, based in Abha), The Return, 2015. Diptych from the series The Desert of Pharan.

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Ahmed Mater (Saudi artist, b. 1979, Aseer, Saudi Arabia, based in Abha), Magnetism, 2015. Magnet and iron shavings.

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Faiza Butt, (Pakistani artist, b. 1973, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, based in London, United Kingdom), Moderate Violence #3, 2013

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Hans Feurer, Swiss, b. 1939, photographing supermodel philanthropic entrepreneur, business executive, and supermodel Iman Abdulmajid for Kenzo Takedo’s 1983 advertising campaign

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BIlal: A New Breed of Hero (2015) dir. Ayman Jamal & Khurram Alavi

Bilal’s adhan (Islamic call to prayer) at the end of the movie, which can only be heard in the Arabic dubbed version. 

God is the greatest! (4x)

I acknowledge that there is no other deity but God. (2x)

I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God. (2x)

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Adeela Suleman (Pakistani artist, b. 1970, based in Karachi, Pakistan), Its Happening All Over Again (Ed. 1 of 3), 2011. Aicon Gallery, New York.