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Abdul Al-Romaizan . Founder. Designer. Creative Director.
Ramzen. Italy based luxury brand.
Saudi fashion house Ramzen presented its Spring/Summer 2022 collection on the sidelines of Milan Fashion Week.
The collection, according to the brand, celebrates “Gioia di Vivere” which means “the Joy of Life.”
The brand’s new offerings for women and men feature luxurious, contemporary designs in bright colors.
Al-Romaizan’s brand offers fashion and lifestyle products that are inspired by his early-80s childhood.
Al-Romaizan was born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Milan and studied in the US.
According to the label’s website, Ramzen is the first European fashion house to be run by a Saudi designer, “and its debut represents the realization of a long-held dream for Al-Romaizan.”
RAMZEN – ASR MODA INTERNATIONAL S.R. / www.ramzen.com
Lebanese film starring Nadine Labaki wins Netpac award at Toronto Film Festival.
‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ is director Mounia Akl’s debut feature.
Lebanese director Mounia Akl has won the Netpac award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival for her debut feature Costa Brava, Lebanon.
The film, which stars Lebanese actress and director Nadine Labaki and Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year.
Costa Brava, Lebanon follows the story of the Badri family, led by Soraya (played by Labaki) and Walid (played by Bakri), who have escaped the toxic pollution of Beirut to set up a new home in the mountains, only to find the government has turned the land next to their new home into a dump site.
The Netpac award is an annual award presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema to the best film from Asia that has premiered at Tiff.
Last year, the award was won by Palestinian twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser for Gaza Mon
Mohammad Salem Bin Abdul Basit Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Junaid Bajnaid (aka) Mohammad Bajnaid – Artist. Calligrapher.
Saudi artist and calligrapher Mohammad Salem Bajnaid contributed to the design and embroidery of the Kiswah — the cloth that is draped over the Kaaba in Makkah on the day that pilgrims leave for Mount Arafat during the Hajj.
Sharbatly House Museum in Historic Jeddah is currently hosting an exhibition celebrating the work of the renowned Saudi artist and calligrapher Mohammad Salem Bajnaid.
The show is part of Saudi Arabia’s Year of Arabic Calligraphy, launched by the Ministry of Culture with the support of the Quality of Life Program
The new exhibition in Jeddah runs until December and features 21 works from throughout Bajnaid’s career, some of which are Quranic verses and prophetic hadiths.
The show is split into four main areas: The Ancient House, Family bonds, Knowledge, and Patience.
It has been curated by the artist’s grandson, Salem Fouzi Bajnaid, who told Arab News: “The credit behind all the efforts in setting up this event goes to (the artist’s) family and friends, in cooperation with the ministry of culture. We’ve witnessed such an amazing response on the first few days, with art admirers from everywhere coming to appreciate the work being displayed here.”
Bajnaid, who died in October 2019, was widely recognized as one of the most talented calligraphers in the Arab and Islamic world. He contributed to the design and embroidery of the Kiswah — the cloth that is draped over the Kaaba in Makkah on the day that pilgrims leave for Mount Arafat during the Hajj — and was also the creator of the Kingdom’s gift to the United Nations for its headquarters in New York in 1982.
The sixth Jameel Prize winner is artist Ajlan Gharem from Saudi Arabia, recognised for his work Paradise Has Many Gates, an installation from 2015 of a mosque structure constructed from chain-link wire and thereby resembling a cage.
The Jameel Prize is a collaboration between Art Jameel in Riyadh and the V&A in London. It recognises contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. This year’s prize was announced via a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, with Fady Jameel, chairman and founder of Art Jameel, presenting the award.
Gharem was among eight finalists shortlisted from more than 400 applicants.
Born in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, in 1985, Gharem lives in Riyadh and works as a mathematics teacher. He and his brother Abdulnasser, who is also an artist, founded the non-profit arts organisation Gharem Studio in 2013 to bring young artists in the kingdom together.
source/content: thenationalnews.com
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Ajlan Gharem’s monumental wire structure ‘Paradise Has Many Gates’ is now at Gharem Studio. Photo: Gharem Studio / pix: thenationalnews.com
Bayan Yassin, 27-year-old conceptual artist and writer, illustrates the Saudi culture, heritage in her work.
Each of her artworks embodies the deep emotional side of the Saudi community’s daily life, interpreted into a magical swirl of artistry portraying characters, events and stories.
Yassin illustrated the full series of the Saudi children book “Habib the Camel,” where she created the two main characters. “I am so proud and happy to see my characters turning into dolls.”
Yassin is currently working collaboration with Dar Waraqa, a creative publishing house based in Saudi Arabia, on a book about how to have a strong heart and face one’s fear.
She is also working on a new board game and three children’s books.
Each of her artworks embodies the deep emotional side of the Saudi community’s daily life, interpreted into a magical swirl of artistry portraying characters, events and stories. (Supplied) / pix: arabnews.com
HIGHLIGHTS
• Bayan Yassin showcased her art gallery at Medd cafe in Jeddah.
• One of her artworks was displayed on a 36-floor skyscraper in Dubai Festival City.
• She participated in national shows between 2005 and 2011.
• She worked on many projects for the Saudi public sector, including a story for King Khalid Foundation and a children’s book about the Saudi customs titled ‘The Customs Champion.’
• Yassin sells her posters via her Instagram page @unique.beno, represented by @radishhouseagency, and will soon have an online shop to display all her artwork.
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Yassin sells her posters via her Instagram page @unique.beno, represented by @radishhouseagency, and will soon have an online shop to display all her artwork. She is also planning several workshops about enhancing art through the use of color.
source/content: arabnews.com
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In my art, you will see family warmth, love, and devotion presented as these are the daily treasures that I am fond of and that feed my inspiration. / Bayan Yassin / pix: arabnews.com
Ain Shams University in Egypt is awarded the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy 2021 for its project ‘Ain Shams University experience in organizing online literacy classes for rural areas in Egypt’.
The Cairo university is one of six international recipients recognised for outstanding inclusive distance and digital learning projects in Covid times.
Egypt’s Ain Shams University has won the Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy for its project that uses digital technology to teach literacy in rural areas of the country.
The annual Unesco international literacy prizes were awarded to six programmes from Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico and South Africa, on International Literacy Day.
Ain Shams University president Prof Mahmoud El Meteini spoke in an online event held to recognise the award recipients on Thursday.
The Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy was established in 2005 with the support of the Chinese government. Each of the three prizewinners will receive a medal, a diploma and a cash prize of $30,000.
The Unesco King Sejong Literacy Prize, sponsored by the Korean government and established in 1989, gives special consideration to language-based literacy development. The three winners will receive a medal, a diploma and a cash prize of $20,000.
The honored writers are the poet Darwish El-Asyouty and the writers Said Noah, Samir El-Manzalawi, and Mustafa Nasr.
The Department of Culture in the Emirate of Al-Sharjah honored four Egyptians, in the presence of Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Culture Hisham Azmy and Abdullah Mohammad Al Owais, head of the Department of Culture in Al-Sharjah, on September 2 at the headquarters of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Culture.
Abdel Dayem praised the decision of the Al-Sharjah Forum for Cultural Honors in Egypt, which is sponsored by Sultan bin Mohammad Al-Qasimi, to honor the aforementioned Egyptian writers.
Wetland, the UAE’s innovative pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, has been awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for Best National Participation.
More than 60 nations developed national pavilions, including the UAE’s Wetland exhibition, which was curated by Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto.
Wetland examines the potential for creating sustainable building materials from the UAE’s salt flats or sabkhas and features an environmentally friendly cement produced with recycled desalinated water.
source/content: thenationalnews.com
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Roberto Cicutto, president of the Venice Biennale, applauds as Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini, left, awards the Golden Lion for the Best National Participation to Wael Al Awar, right, curator of the Wetland project presented by the United Arab Emirates at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition. EPA / Andrea Merola / pix: thenationalnews.com
Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Ka’abi (1870 – 1950).
The National Records & Archives Authority (NRAA) has indexed, renovated and documented electronically in twenty volumes hundreds of manuscripts and records of the works of a noted scholar Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Ka’abi.
Hailing from Masah Village in the Wilayat of Mahdah, Governorate of Al Buraimi, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Ka’abi lived from 1870 to 1950.
heikh Abdulrahman Al Ka’abi excelled in various sciences, and arts and used to teach his students at the Mosque of Masah Village, located 11 kilometres from the centre of the wilayat.
A majority of these manuscripts were hand-written by Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Ka’abi and others under his guidance.
The manuscripts cover a number of topics, including the Hadith of the Prophet (PBUH) and writings in the fields of Ifta (legal opinion), poetry, art and interpretation of the Holy Quran among other fields.
Khalid bin Said bin Abdulrahman Al Ka’abi one of the grandsons of scholar Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Ka’abi expressed thanks to the NRAA for documenting such manuscripts as they are of historic value and evidence for the intellectual products of scholars, artists and poets.
source/content: timesofoman.com
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A majority of these manuscripts were hand-written by Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Ka’abi and others under his guidance. / pix: timesofoman.com
The member states of the World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) elected Saudi Arabia as vice chair of the Arab group for the period between 2021 and 2023 at the organization’s 44th session held in Fuzhou in China.
Princess Haifa bint Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin, the Kingdom’s permanent representative at UNESCO, said that the election of the Kingdom had occurred due to its prominent role in supporting world heritage alongside the committee’s member states, in addition to achieving UNESCO’s objectives in general, and the committee’s objectives in particular.
source/content: arabnews.com
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Princess Haifa bint Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin. (Photo/Twitter) / pix: arabnews.com
