By Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer Karimeh Abbud, born in Bethlehem in 1893, made history as Palestine’s first professional female photographer. Her work, encompassing personal portraits and stunning landscapes, offers a rare visual record of daily life and prominent landmarks in early twentieth-century Palestine. Decades later, her recently discovered photographs inadvertently challenge the … Continued
By: Nana Osei/Arab America Contributing Writer Photography may sound easy for some, but it actually takes a lot of skill to get the right shot. The Arab world is the perfect muse for photographers, as its sites are enchanting and gorgeous. Many travels from all over the world to Arab countries in order to capture … Continued
SOURCE: THE ART NEWSPAPER BY: TIM CORNWELL The Arab Image Foundation, Beirut’s pioneering non-profit archive of Middle Eastern photography, has launched an online platform that makes 22,000 images from the collection accessible and searchable for the first time. The foundation’s building, which has been closed to the public since 2016, will also reopen this summer, a spokesman … Continued
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