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ABOUT Mouneer El-Shaarani
“My contemporary work draws its essence from the roots of Arabic calligraphy,” says Mouneer Al Shaarani. "I shed light on our calligraphic heritage by adding a critical look to it, to free it from its golden cage. Its inertia and the conventions [of calligraphy] have limited it to sacred texts, isolating it from all other social life. I thus...
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A special kind of storytelling
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Creating cross-border connections
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A creative, customised celebration of interior design
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The inside story
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In praise of the ‘art abode’
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In praise of the past, present and passion of the pen
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