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Arts and Culture

Fashion Trust Arabia Unites Creative Voices in Middle Eastern Fashion

From innovative designs to a collaboration with Morocco, Fashion Trust Arabia brings energy to the region’s fashion community.

Fashion Trust Arabia winners group photo, 2024. (Credit: FTA)

Fablemill: Bringing Stories From the Region to Life

Through Fablemill, Eman Alsabah and her team are creating content that celebrates the region’s diverse stories and speaks to a global audience.

Eman Alsabah (founder and CEO of Fablemill), Mariam Maki (head of projects at Fablemill), and Ghufran Alhubail (producer at Fablemill). (Credit: bentrepreneur)

The Rise of Vernacular, Community-Driven Architecture in the Gulf

Through Fablemill, Eman Alsabah and her team are creating content that celebrates the region’s diverse stories and speaks to a global audience.

The H Residence. (Credit: Phillip Handforth)

Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial Boosts Arts Accessibility

The increasing investment into public art shows a commitment by Abu Dhabi to expand access to the city’s cultural offerings.

Book Talk: The Development of An Art History in the UAE

On December 3, AGSIW hosted a discussion on contemporary art in the United Arab Emirates.

Shaikha Al Mazrou, ‘Circuit Boards’, 2011. Mixed media. (Courtesy of the artist and the Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai)

“Gentle Porosities:” Mashael Alsaie’s First Solo Show Urges a Tenderness Toward the Land

In Hunna Art’s new space, Bahraini multimedia artist Mashael Alsaie takes visitors on a journey through a metaphorical whirlpool, hoping to inspire a gentleness toward the environment.

The “Evaporated Elegies” series in the “Gentle Porosities” exhibition, October 2024. (Courtesy of Hunna Art)

A New Silk Road: The Gulf’s Cultural Engagement With the Far East

Collaborations between the Gulf Arab states and Asia underscore a growing sentiment that culturally there is more in common between the Gulf and the Far East than there is between the Gulf and the West.

Hand Into the Past: Omani Artist Kawthar Al Harthi’s Contemplative Creative Practice

Collagist and installation artist Kawthar Al Harthi uses mixed media to excavate material histories and personal memories.

“Palm Trees,” 2021. Courtesy of Kawthar Al Harthi