Orient Expressed

😎 GUEST Shaimaa Fekry is an Egyptian artist who “paints with photos”. Born in Cairo into a family of artists, she showcases the beauty of her hometown, its timelessness and its daily life through her expert eye and the lens of her beloved camera.

Her first exhibition was in El Sawy Culture Wheel with a group of photographers, early 2010. She also participated in the Youth Salon Exhibition in Cairo Opera House in 2013. Her deep sensitivity and search for beauty, which show in her pictures, will surely catch your eye.

ℹ️REFERENCES In partnership with “Cairo Biography initiative”, she exhibited her pictures taken in the same city locations as 19th century painter Robert Hay, comparing past and present.

Omar Khairat – Emraah Motalaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31r3CMSF-bE
كوكو واوا - عاليا صالح (as sung by the artist) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z53ps
Mazinger مازنچر (the cartoon) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7re49z Naguib Mahfouz’s recommended works: بين القصرين 1 (Palace Walk) قصر الشوق 2 (Palace of Desire) السكرية 3 (Sugar Street)

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Instagram: @shaimaafekry

😎 L'INVITÉ

eL Seed est un artiste qui se pose beaucoup de questions sur lui-même et sur le monde. Il utilise la sagesse des écrivains, poètes et philosophes du monde entier pour transmettre des messages de paix et souligner les points communs de l'existence humaine. Son art fait vivre les histoires des communautés qu'il rencontre à travers le monde et vise à créer un lien entre les peuples du monde entier.

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Instagram: @elseed

Ses recommandations: 🎧 "Unreasonable hospitality" - The Next Big Idea 📖 "Les identités meurtrières" - Amin Maalouf

Interview vidéo YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmPLKngaQkM

Article : https://emmyinthemix.com/el-seed-ecrire-les-mots-decrire-les-maux-des-autres/

😎 GUEST Linda Krockenberger - is a German expat who studied hotel management and was climbing the career ladder in Dubai. After she fell in love with camel riding, she decided to pursue her passion full-time, ultimately becoming the co-founder of the UAE's first camel riding school, in 2021. 🔎 FIND OUT MORE

Her recommendations: 🎧 "The Mettleset" podcast 📖 "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho School Instagram: @adcrc.me School website: https://adcrc.me/

YouTube interview: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZD4qgBPhQ

Blog interview: https://emmyinthemix.com/the-german-expat-who-co-founded-the-first-camel-riding-school/

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Rawan Anani is a Palestinian watercolour artist, now based in Canada. Her work focuses on representing the Palestinian heritage through its cities and landmarks, its culture and its women. 🔎 FIND OUT MORE

YouTube interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huzC-zgLSMs

Blog interview: ⁠https://emmyinthemix.com/rawan-anani-painting-the-colours-of-palestine/

Instagram: @rawan_anani_artgallery Website: www.facebook.com/rawananani.net

😎 GUEST Abdelrahman Elshahed is a Saudi artist, calligrapher and architect, born and currently based in Mecca. His works focus on spiritual geometry (Arabic calligraphy) and on ways to convey multiple concepts which are important for humanity through mixed media forms and deep symbolism. 🔎 FIND OUT MORE

YouTube interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvBJYT6zg-U

Blog interview: ⁠https://emmyinthemix.com/abdelrahman-elshahed-portraying-the-language-of-angels/

Instagram: @elshahed_ Website: abdelrahmanelshahed.com

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Faisal Alkheriji is a Saudi artist from and living in Jeddah. He paints characters mixing traditional Saudi cultural items (clothing, events, food) with cubist and surrealist techniques. He was introduced to painting at the age of 6 during a summer camp and later on took art classes. Inspired by Picasso, Godard and Condo, he uses acrylic paint on canvas to “represent culture differently” (his motto).

🔎 FIND OUT MORE YouTube interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnTkUr8S0O0 Blog interview: https://emmyinthemix.com/faisal-alkheriji-the-saudi-cubist-painter/

Instagram: @artbyfaisal Website: artbyfaisal.com His artwork Theeban - ذيبان: https://www.instagram.com/p/CI8HsYdFyAC/–

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Wissam Shawkat is an Iraq-born and Dubai-based artist whose energetic work encompasses calligraphy, typography, and design. He developed his own script: "Al Wissam". He also collaborated with Hermès on the perfume “Eau des Merveilles”, turned “Ambre des Merveilles”, a limited edition for the Gulf countries. To describe the way he experiments with letters, he coined the term calligraformism: creating a dialogue between western abstract art and the tradition of Arabic calligraphy. 🔎 FIND OUT MORE

YouTube interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbAlAERbY8o Blog interview: https://emmyinthemix.com/wissam-shawkat-turning-arabic-calligraphy-around/ Instagram: @wissamshawkat
Website: wissamshawkat.com

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Noura Bin Saidan is a Saudi visual, mural, and street artist, who also experiments with installations and graffiti with 3D mapping. She is the author of many mural artworks in Riyadh's shopping centre "The Boulevard" and participated in 2019 Middle Beast and 2021 Riyadh Season festivals.

Noura is on a mission to expand her art outside of her country and show people what Saudi culture is.

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YouTube interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J28tS2Frk_Q

Blog interview: https://emmyinthemix.com/noura-bin-saidan-first-mural-artist-riyadh/

Instagram: @nourabinsaidan

Online shop: salla.sa/nsart

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Our conversations will often expand to culture, gender, language, and spirituality.

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