Maymanah Farhat

Maymanah Farhat is an art historian who has written widely on modern and contemporary Arab art. Her most recent publications include oversized monographs on seminal Palestinian painter Samia Halaby and leading Syrian painter Safwan Dahoul. She is currently working on a manuscript that examines the multidimensional nature of Islamic art as it relates to contemporary culture.

           Author Essays

Zena El Khalil’s Beirut, I LOVE YOU
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Kamal Boullata’s Palestinian Art: From 1850 to the Present
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CIRCUIT BREAKING New Approaches to Art in the Arab World
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From L.A. to Tehran: Mapping the Transnational State of Contemporary Iranian Art
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Mohammad El Rawas Beirut Topography
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Nada Shabout’s Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics
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Tammam Azzam
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Thaier Helal: Locating the Infinite
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