A multi-faceted artist, a humanist, and an outspoken intellectual, born in the ancient town of Behera  in Upper Egypt on the lush Delta of the Nile, the artist Adel El-Siwi is a well seasoned man; he has lived in diverse parts of the world, explored the winding path of art, and exhibited on every continent.…

Egyptian-French-American artist Ghada Mohamed Amer is now 41 years old. Born in Cairo, she ‘grew up in the politically charged period that followed the Six-day War,’ In 1974, at the age of eleven, Amer’s father, a diplomat, moved to France with his wife (an agronomic engineer) and four daughters, four years after the death of…

A survey of eight Arab women artists, whose concerns, media and techniques, viewpoints, varied experiences, and observations are representative of the current  beliefs existent amongst female artists of the contemporary Arab art scene To say that women artists are different from men artists opens up a polemic that arguably can never be resolved. For isn’t…

In ancient times, before Christ was born, the people of the civilizations of Iraq thought Bahrain was Paradise. It had endless fields of palm and fruit trees thriving on rich natural springs and wells. The sea was calm and abundant and teemed with all kinds of fish and large pearls. The climate was temperate; man…