Charles Pocock

is the Managing Partner of Meem Gallery in Dubai and the founder of NIMEA (Nour Institute of Middle Eastern Art) and the AL Noor Library. He is cultural advisor to the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. He has written and produced books extensively on Modern Art from the Middle East on subjects such as Modern and Contemporary Iraqi Art, Parviz Tanavoli, Dia Azzawi, Ali Omar Ermes and Abbas Kiarostami as well as having a regular art column devoted to this subject in GCC Journals. He provides commentary on the Middle East Art market to a number of leading international newspapers such as the International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and The Art Newspaper. Pocock is a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic and The Royal Geographical Societies in London.

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Art of the Middle East. Issues.
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The reason for the Project – Art In Iraq Today
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