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Enjoy the elegance of this unique work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wissam Shawkat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060253098169,"sku":"3773064670761","price":225.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0513\/2366\/6617\/files\/Back-to-Basics-Limited-Edition-Signed-and-Numbered.webp?v=1705247276"},{"product_id":"border-notebook-gaza","title":"No and a thousand times No - Hussein Shikha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis publication is part of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgcJfy6jJAC\/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" title=\"the exhibition no* produced by WARAQ and curated by Hussein Nakhal.\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgcJfy6jJAC\/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe exhibition no* produced by WARAQ and curated by Hussein Nakhal.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduced by WARAQ\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesigned by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiokawakeb\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiokawakeb\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStudio Kawakeb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited Edition of 230 Copies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiso Printed with Metallic Gold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7cm x 13.2cm\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eبدأتُ مؤخرًا برنامجًا للدراساتِ العُليا (ماجستير متقدّم: ماجستير في البحث في الفن والتصميم) في Sint-Lucas أنتويرب. تعـاونَت بهية شهاب، ضمنَ عملِهـا في هذه الكليّة، مع روث لوس في فعل \"الإبداع المشترك في مجموعة فنانين متعددي اللغات واللهجات\"، ولا تزالُ آثارُ هذا المشروعِ موجودةً في المبنى، إذ رُسمت على الحائط، خمسة تشكيـلات مختلفة لكلمة \"لا\" بالعربية.\u003cbr\u003eI recently started a post-graduate program (Advanced Master: master of Research in Art and Design) in Sint-Lucas Antwerp. In this school Bahia Shehab has been collaborating with Ruth Loos on the act of ‘Co-creation in a multilingual and polyphonic group of artists’, and traces of this project remain present in the building. Five distinct characters (لا in Arabic) are drawn on the wall.\u003cbr\u003eعندما كُلّفت من وَرَق، أردت الرد على عمل بهية شهـاب في مبنى الكليّة، والذي يرتبطُ بمشروعها المتعلق بعبارة \"لا ألف مرة\".\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was commissioned by Waraq, I really wanted to react to Bahia’s work in the school building, which is related to her project regarding the Arabic expression “A thousand times no”.\u003cbr\u003eيعالج عملي دائمًا الطرقَ التي يمكنني عبرها تكييف جماليات أو مفاهيم السجّـاد في الأعمال الجديدة التي أنتِجُها، وفي هذا المشروع، أردتُ التركيزَ على \"التكرار\" الموجود في العبـــارة المذكورة، وكذلك في تصميمات السجاد، وللتأكيدِ على زمانيةِ هذا التكرار، حـاولتُ دمجَ ما لا يقل عن ألف \"لا\" في هذا العمل، ألف \"لا\"، تمرُّ بينَ الزخارف، وفوقِهـا وتحتها، لتصبحَ هي الأخرى، زخارفًا بحد ذاتها.\u003cbr\u003eMy work always addresses ways in which I can adapt the aesthetics or the idea of a carpet into new works I produce.In this project I wanted to focus on ‘repetition’ that is both present in the Arabic expression and carpet designs. To emphasize this temporality I tried to integrate at least 1000 No's in this commissioned work. Placing them on top, under, and in between the ornaments, no becomes an ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eحسين شيخاء\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHussein Shikha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eحسين شيخاء فنان تشكيلي ومُصمم جرافيكي من سكانِ أنتويرب، يقوم حاليًّا بتطويرِ بحوثاتٍ اكاديمية تتمحورُ حول أهميّة الجمالِ في الفنون الإسلامية، والزخرفة تحديدًا، ودور الأخيرة المهمّش في قواعد التصميم الحداثية.\u003cbr\u003eHussein Shikha, is a visual artist and freelance graphic designer who lives and works in Antwerp. He is currently conducting research regarding the importance of beauty in Islamic arts, more specifically focusing on ornamentation and its marginalized function in modernist design principles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARAQ.ORG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112698249401,"sku":"","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0513\/2366\/6617\/products\/No-and-a-thousand-times-No-Hussein-Shikha.jpg?v=1678790926"},{"product_id":"karen-keyrouz","title":"I thought you were kinder - Karen Keyrouz","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis publication is part of \u003ca title=\"the exhibition no* produced by WARAQ and curated by Hussein Nakhal.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgcJfy6jJAC\/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgcJfy6jJAC\/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\"\u003ethe exhibition no* produced by WARAQ and curated by Hussein Nakhal.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduced by WARAQ\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesigned by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiokawakeb\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiokawakeb\/\"\u003eStudio Kawakeb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited Edition of 230 Copies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiso Printed with Fluorescent Pink and Black\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7cm x 13.2cm\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eيأتي هذا العملُ من شعورٍ قويٍّ ومتكرّرٍ بالرغبة في التخفّي، وإخفاءِ العالم الخارجي في آنٍ معًا. نرافق في هذا العملِ النساءَ عبرَ مشقّات السير على طرقاتِ بيروت التي تسكنها ظلالٌ غريبةٌ لأشعّةِ شمسٍ لا تطاق.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"rtl\"\u003eكيف تتفاعلُ أجسادُنا في مدينةٍ يكسوها الحدادُ والألم؟\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis work came from a recurring urge to stay out of sight but also blot out the surrounding city. We walk with these women through Beirut's streets, with their strange shadows and unbearably bright sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow do our bodies interact when the city is in a state of grief?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKaren Keyrouz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eكارن كيروز\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"rtl\"\u003eتتنقّلُ كارن كيروز بين فنونِ الرسمِ والقصص المصوّرة والتصوير، وقد أطلقت أوّلَّ روايةٍ مصوّرةٍ لها بعنوان \"Flux et Reflux\" عام ٢٠١٨ مع الأكاديمية اللبنانية للفنون الجميلة (ALBA)، حيثُ حازت على شهادة الماجستير عام ٢٠١٥. نشرت كيروز العديدَ من القصصِ المصوّرةِ القصيرة مثل \"The 8th sleeper\" في عدد \"تجريب\" من مجلة السمندل - ٢٠١٨،\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eو\"Urine\" في مهرجان Lyon BD في فرنسا - ٢٠١٨، و كلّ من \"Are You Still reading the news\" و\"Have a Seat\" ضِمنَ مجموعة زيز - ٢٠١٧.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"rtl\"\u003eعرضَت كيروز أعمالَها كذلكَ في العديد من المهرجانات مثل مهرجان \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAngoulême International Comics Festival، و\u003c\/span\u003eLyon BD و\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBD Amiens\u003c\/span\u003e وكايرو كوميكس\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"rtl\"\u003eكما شاركت في تأسيسِ مجموعة زيز، وتتولّى مهامًا تحريريّة وفنّية في السمندل حاليًا.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"rtl\"\u003e​​في عام ٢٠١٧ نظّمت كيروز مع بعض من أصدقائها حفلات رسم حيّة في بيروت، وقد طوّرت عبرها لغةً في الارتجال البصريّ مستوحاة من \"الباريدوليا\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Karen Keyrouz’ practice is a “ va-et-vient ” between drawing, comics and filming. \u003cbr\u003eShe launched her first graphic Novel “ Flux et Reflux ” (2018) with ALBA (Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts), where she earned her master’s degree (2015). She also published several short comics like “ The 8th sleeper ” (Samandal-Experimentation, 2018)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e“ Urine ”(Lyon BD-France, 2018), “ Are you still reading the news ” and “ Have a Seat ”(Zeez collective, 2017). \u003cbr\u003eKaren exhibited her work in many international festivals like: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Lyon BD, BD Amiens and Cairo Comix. \u003cbr\u003eShe co-founded Zeez collective and is an active member of the acclaimed Samandal Comics, where she edits, writes and draws comics. \u003cbr\u003eIn 2017 along with some friends they organized the drawing concert in Beirut, during this happening she developed a specific language in visual improvisation based on the “ Pareidolia ”. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WARAQ.ORG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112698544313,"sku":"","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0513\/2366\/6617\/products\/I-thought-you-were-kinder-Karen-Keyrouz.jpg?v=1678790930"},{"product_id":"nada-zanhour","title":"Long after the incident hasn't ended - Carla Aouad","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis publication is part of \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgcJfy6jJAC\/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" title=\"the exhibition no* produced by WARAQ and curated by Hussein Nakhal.\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CgcJfy6jJAC\/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe exhibition no* produced by WARAQ and curated by Hussein Nakhal.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduced by WARAQ\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesigned by \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiokawakeb\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiokawakeb\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStudio Kawakeb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited Edition of 230 Copies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiso Printed with Medium Blue and Grey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7cm x 13.2cm\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eيستعيدُ العمل، بالإستنادِ إلى دراسةِ ثلاثة نقاشـاتٍ تسترجعُ أحداثًا مفجعة، النقاطَ الثلاثة الرئيسـية لكيفية التذكّر:- الترميزُ عبر المقابلاتِ وأقوالِ الشهود- الأرشـــــفةُ بطرقٍ رقميةٍ وأدلةٍ ملموسة- إعادةُ سرد المعلومات من خلال الروايات المعدّلة\u003cbr\u003eBased on a study of 3 conversations recollecting distressing events, the work re-visits the three major processes involved in memory:- Encoding through interviews and witness statements,- Storage through digital medium and tangible evidence,- Retrieval of information through edited narratives.\u003cbr\u003eيُصبح السـرد -إذ يرتكز على الذاتية التي لا تزول، والألم الذي لا يزول، وتشويه الذاكرة الذي لا يزول، وبعد تجريده من سيـاق التجربة- بانوراما من المعلومـاتِ والحواسِ والعواطفِ، تفتقرُ إلى السببية، لكنها تحتفظُ بالقلق.\u003cbr\u003eCentering around the indelible subjectivity, the indelible pain and the indelible distortion of memory, the narration becomes, once stripped from the experienced context,a jigsaw of information, senses and emotions that lacksthe causality but retains the stress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarla Aouad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eكارلا عوّاد\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eكارلا عوّاد مديرة فنيّة ورسّـامة مقيمة في بيروت، تعملُ على صياغةِ شعرٍ مرئيّ في ملتقى الواقع والخيال. حـازت عوّاد في العام 2015 على شهادة الماجستير في فنون الغرافيك والإعلان من الأكـاديميّة اللبنانيّة للفنون الجميلة (ALBA) وعملت منذُ تخرّجِهـا في مجال الإعلان. أسست عوّاد وشـاركت منذ العـام 2017 في حفلات رسمٍ حيّة شهرية مع مجموعة من الرسامين اللبنانيّين، كان آخرُها بالتعاون مع جمعيّة السّمندل في متحفِ سرسق كجزءٍ من مهرجـانِ \"ترداد\" في 2021، وفي عام 2019، نشرت قصّةً مصوّرةً بعنوان \"عن السطحيّة\" في العدد رقم 16 من السّمندل، وشاركت في معرض \"Idées, prière de s'abstenir\" في المعهد الثقافي الفرنسي.\u003cbr\u003eCarla Aouad is an Art Director and Illustrator based in Beirut, who’s interested in crafting visual poetry at the intersection of reality and fiction. She graduated in 2015 from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) with a masters degree in Graphic Arts and Advertising, and has worked with communication agencies ever since. In 2017, she set up and performed in a monthly drawing concert with a group of Lebanese illustrators, the latest of which took placein collaboration with Samandal Comics in Sursock Museum as part of the 2021 Terdad festival. 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Now it is time for me to twist it and warp it as I please. I am avenging for all the times I have witnessed the hegemonic impression of the city produced by the visual machinery of nationalism and capital, being replayed over and over again. How do I reconcile the gap between the actual place of my locality and the visual images constantly being regurgitated?\u003cbr\u003eلم يعد بمقدوري أن أتفهّم أولئك الذيـن ينظرون إلى الفوضى برومنسـية إكزوتيكية، أولئك المتواطئين. كم كنت أتمنّى أن تُهزّنا هذه الموجة الصوتية التي أحسسنا بها معًا لتخرجنا عن طورنا، فكرت، \"المازوشية لا حدود لها\"، ونحن نكنس شظايا الزجاج لساعات، ثم أيام، ثم أسابيع.\u003cbr\u003eI can no longer lend my understanding to anyone who romanticizes chaos as exotic; I see you as an accomplice.I was really hoping that the sound wave we've experienced collectively would shake us out of our docility. \"masochism knows no limits\" I thought to myself as we kept on sweeping glass for hours, then days, then weeks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eندى زنهور\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNada Zanhour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eيحاول عملي استكشاف الطبقات المختلفة للعلاقات ضمن المجتمع، في الثقافة، في الإعلام وتقنياته، وفي الذات المتجسدة والتجربة المعاشة، في الآخر. يبرز تساؤل دائم، عن الديناميكيات التي تشكل وتحدد هذه الأطراف الاجتماعية، فيما أركز بشكل أساسي على التكنولوجيا بمعانيها الواسعة كأدوات ثقافية، وعلى اشتمالاتها اللغوية،\u003cbr\u003eودورها كمُرافق تطوّري تحريضي، ومكمّلات لتصوّراتنا، كما أحاول تحييدها من المسار الخطي والأحادي في علاقتها مع الإنسان، لإرسائها في شبكة من العناصر الفاعلة، منها الناشطة والراكدة، والمتحركة والجامدة، والعضوية وغير العضوية وفي تواصلها الدائم مع بعضها البعض.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy work attempts to explore the different levels of relationships within societies: culture, media and their technologies; the embodied self and lived experience; the Other. 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