Alia: Over the past 50 years, you’ve become internationally recognized as a pioneer in Arab art with your exceptional and … More
Author: arabworldart
Alia is a graduate from Georgetown university and created arabworldart in 2017. The primary goal of this blog is to give these artists a platform to share their unparalleled passion, fire, and creativity with people from around the world. Since the inception of her blog, Alia has interviewed pioneers of arab art ranging from Samia Halaby and Muhanna Durra to Widad Kawar and Sultan Al Qassemi.
Interview with Nabil Anani
Nabil Anani is one of the most prominent Palestinian artists and one of the key founders of the contemporary Palestinian … More
Interview with Mohanna Durra
Mohanna Durra is a Jordanian painter widely regarded as a pioneer of the Jordanian Arts Movement and for being the … More
Interview with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
ALIA: What story or art piece sparked your passion for Arab art? ٍSULTAN: So, I divide my interest in art since … More
Interview with Widad Kawar
There was a time in the 19th and 20th centuries when stories of family relations, birth, death and marriage were … More
Interview with Samia Halaby
Born in Jerusalem in 1936, Halaby spent most of her childhood in Palestine before being forced to move to Beirut … More
Why Arabworldart?
est. 2017 I started this blog with the realization that countless powerful and meaningful art and creative projects were being … More
