Author: Marisa Sandoval
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The Threads of Resistance and Remembrance
At an arts workshop last March in Abu Dhabi, 30 women and men sat around a long, wooden table to learn the ancestral practice of Palestinian embroidery, or Tatreez in Arabic. They were offered common motifs, like flowers and cypress trees, but most gravitated toward a more solemn design, the outline of a gravesite in…
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Modesty Meets Modernity in Abaya Fashion
Strollers at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall or Mamsha Beach can witness fashion in the making. Sprinkled among women wearing the flowing traditional black abayas are fledgling fashionistas who blend heritage with Gen-Z style. On an April day, one young woman wears a sandstorm yellow silk abaya with a chocolate brown Loewe bag, a teddy bear…
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Warehouse 421 Season Expands the Definition of Art
A performer strode to the front of the wooden stage and asked the people sitting before him, “Are you coming from home? Are you coming from a place that you are living, but is not home? How many of you have a scent or taste that reminds you of home?” The 35 people in the …
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A Continuous Dialogue: Maya Allison on the Art Scene in Abu Dhabi
Within five miles of each other in Abu Dhabi are The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Guggenheim, New York University Abu Dhabi’s Art Gallery and Warehouse 421. This cluster of galleries draws on the global identities and cultures which converge in the capital of the Emirates. The NYUAD Gallery is known for showcasing topical and distinctive…
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