#: locale=en
## Tour
### Description
tour.description = This exhibition highlights the invisible “lines” cutting through Iraq’s social fabric by showing the work of Iraqi artists.
### Title
tour.name = Iraqi Lines between Hope and Conflict
## Skin
### Button
Button_178BA737_2A94_45AE_41BB_D593C8E98E05.label = ENTER EXHIBITION
Button_178BA737_2A94_45AE_41BB_D593C8E98E05_mobile.label = ENTER EXHIBITION
### Multiline Text
HTMLText_080776DA_3CFE_BBE9_41B9_2A4F1740B0D4.html = Ranem Alalose
Donkey
Acrylic on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
People blame each other for the situation their country has reached. And when they demand to replace those who rule them, they are faced with military men who are executing orders without reason. People requesting freedom and basic human rights have become outlaws.
يلوم الناس بعضهم البعض على الوضع الذي وصلت إليه بلادهم. وعندما يطالبون باستبدال من يحكمهم ، يواجَهون برجال عسكريين ينفذون الأوامر دون عقلانية. أمّا الأشخاص الذين يطالبون بالحرية وحقوق الإنسان الأساسية فأصبحوا خارجين عن القانون
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Donkey
Acrylic on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
People blame each other for the situation their country has reached. And when they demand to replace those who rule them, they are faced with military men who are executing orders without reason. People requesting freedom and basic human rights have become outlaws.
يلوم الناس بعضهم البعض على الوضع الذي وصلت إليه بلادهم. وعندما يطالبون باستبدال من يحكمهم ، يواجَهون برجال عسكريين ينفذون الأوامر دون عقلانية. أمّا الأشخاص الذين يطالبون بالحرية وحقوق الإنسان الأساسية فأصبحوا خارجين عن القانون
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind..
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Dramatic Death
Acrylic on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
Death will never be funny
Despite the familiarity of a person with his surroundings and events, it is part of defensive methods of life, but the death barrier remains something that the human spirit will not be familiar with and will not be a subject to be ridiculed.
لن يكون الموت مضحكاً يوماً
رغم ألفة الانسان لمحيطه واحداثه وبعض الاحيان تكون الالفة جزء من الطرق الدفاعية للصمود والحياة لكن يبقى حاجز الموت هو الشي الذي لن تألفه الروح البشرية ولن يكون موضوعاً قابلاً للسخرية
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Dramatic Death
Acrylic on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
Death will never be funny
Despite the familiarity of a person with his surroundings and events, it is part of defensive methods of life, but the death barrier remains something that the human spirit will not be familiar with and will not be a subject to be ridiculed.
لن يكون الموت مضحكاً يوماً
رغم ألفة الانسان لمحيطه واحداثه وبعض الاحيان تكون الالفة جزء من الطرق الدفاعية للصمود والحياة لكن يبقى حاجز الموت هو الشي الذي لن تألفه الروح البشرية ولن يكون موضوعاً قابلاً للسخرية
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose - In collaboration with Leon Bonnat
Where is my neck?
Digital Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
Excuse me Mr. IS where is my neck?
And by the way where is your knife?
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose - In collaboration with Leon Bonnat
Where is my neck?
Digital Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
Excuse me Mr. IS where is my neck?
And by the way where is your knife?
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Our Youth Today...
Acrylic on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
Yesterday our young men were miners looking for crumbs of bread among piles of coal and darkness ... Today, despite the coals that cover them, they glow to create the sun ... I am the revolution!
بالأمس كان شبابنا عمال مناجم باحثين عن فتات الخبز بين اكوام الفحم والسواد
اليوم ورغم الفحم الذي يكسيهم يتوهجون لخلق الشمس
اني الثورة
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Our Youth Today...
Acrylic on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
Yesterday our young men were miners looking for crumbs of bread among piles of coal and darkness ... Today, despite the coals that cover them, they glow to create the sun ... I am the revolution!
بالأمس كان شبابنا عمال مناجم باحثين عن فتات الخبز بين اكوام الفحم والسواد
اليوم ورغم الفحم الذي يكسيهم يتوهجون لخلق الشمس
اني الثورة
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Letters without an address
Paper collage, fabric collage, threads, acrylic colors
2017
About the Artwork
This work is called "letters without an address", it shows the Karrada incident in Baghdad 2016, a large explosion in a market complex that killed numbers of people who were shopping for the upcoming feast. The letters as well as the remains of a burned notebook are made of the paper from the scene of the explosion. These letters and messages were sent to the numerous and sometimes unknown victims.
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Letters without an address
Paper collage, fabric collage, threads, acrylic colors
2017
About the Artwork
This work is called "letters without an address", it shows the Karrada incident in Baghdad 2016, a large explosion in a market complex that killed numbers of people who were shopping for the upcoming feast. The letters as well as the remains of a burned notebook are made of the paper from the scene of the explosion. These letters and messages were sent to the numerous and sometimes unknown victims.
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Harvest
Mixed Media
2019
About the Artwork
This artwork talks about the tragedies and events that Iraq has experienced for years. Its name is "harvest", an expression for the harvesting, i.e. killing, of lives in Iraq for long periods. There are different symbols that simulate this topic, such as pieces of cloth on which skulls were painted, and the real release of a site where the attack was carried out by the terror organization Islamic State (IS). It was painted on a military camouflage net to symbolize the fighting that has afflicted Iraq for a long time.
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Harvest
Mixed Media
2019
About the Artwork
This artwork talks about the tragedies and events that Iraq has experienced for years. Its name is "harvest", an expression for the harvesting, i.e. killing, of lives in Iraq for long periods. There are different symbols that simulate this topic, such as pieces of cloth on which skulls were painted, and the real release of a site where the attack was carried out by the terror organization Islamic State (IS). It was painted on a military camouflage net to symbolize the fighting that has afflicted Iraq for a long time.
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Homeland
Collage and acrylic colors with graphic print on metal
2019
About the Artwork
This work entitled "homeland" is about the October Revolution and the sit-ins that the youth organized in Iraq in October 2019.
هذا العمل بعنوان "وطن" عن ثورة تشرين والاعتصامات التي اقاموها الشباب بالعراق في تشرين سنة ٢٠١٩
كولاج والوان اكريلك مع طباعة جرافيك على المعدن
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Homeland
Collage and acrylic colors with graphic print on metal
2019
About the Artwork
This work entitled "homeland" is about the October Revolution and the sit-ins that the youth organized in Iraq in October 2019.
هذا العمل بعنوان "وطن" عن ثورة تشرين والاعتصامات التي اقاموها الشباب بالعراق في تشرين سنة ٢٠١٩
كولاج والوان اكريلك مع طباعة جرافيك على المعدن
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Readings of Barriers
Collage of paper, inks and acrylic colors on board
2012
About the Artwork
This work entitled "readings of barriers" was completed in 2012 when the artist had an experience with the barriers that were set up in the streets of Baghdad to limit movement. This artwork is an expression of the barriers that were enveloping our lives which is a continuous stage that we are always living in.
هذا العمل بعنوان "قراءات لحواجز" انجز في عام 2012 وكانت للفنانة تجربة مع الحواجز التي فرضت على حارات ومناطق بغداد للحد من التنقل بينها. فالعمل تعبيرا عن الحواجز التي كانت تغلف حياتنا وهي مرحلة مستمرة نعيشها دوما
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Nadia Flaih
Readings of Barriers
Collage of paper, inks and acrylic colors on board
2012
About the Artwork
This work entitled "readings of barriers" was completed in 2012 when the artist had an experience with the barriers that were set up in the streets of Baghdad to limit movement. This artwork is an expression of the barriers that were enveloping our lives which is a continuous stage that we are always living in.
هذا العمل بعنوان "قراءات لحواجز" انجز في عام 2012 وكانت للفنانة تجربة مع الحواجز التي فرضت على حارات ومناطق بغداد للحد من التنقل بينها. فالعمل تعبيرا عن الحواجز التي كانت تغلف حياتنا وهي مرحلة مستمرة نعيشها دوما
About the Artist
Nadia Falih is a plastic artist from Iraq. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University and a Master of Arts from Alexandria University, Egypt. Winner of the State Prize for Plastic Art for the year 2014, she is currently an instructor and head of the printmaking branch at the Institute of Fine Arts. She held six personal exhibitions during her artistic career, and many joint exhibitions inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Eyes
ام سبع عيون
Acrylic on Canvas
2019
About the Artwork
Every house and every country has his heroes and savers ... But when life loses its meaning, and the heroes wipe as if they were scribbling on the walls ... the young become the rescuers and boys become heroes ... Greetings to every shout ... Greetings to every soul ...
كل بيت وكل وطن له ابطاله وله منقذيه ... لكن عندما تفقد الحياة معناها، ويمسح ابطالها كأنهم كانوا خربشات على جدار ... يقوم الشباب ليكونوا المنقذين ويصبحون الفتية ابطالا
تحية احترام لكل صرخة ... تحية احترام لكل روح
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Ranem Alalose
Eyes
ام سبع عيون
Acrylic on Canvas
2019
About the Artwork
Every house and every country has his heroes and savers ... But when life loses its meaning, and the heroes wipe as if they were scribbling on the walls ... the young become the rescuers and boys become heroes ... Greetings to every shout ... Greetings to every soul ...
كل بيت وكل وطن له ابطاله وله منقذيه ... لكن عندما تفقد الحياة معناها، ويمسح ابطالها كأنهم كانوا خربشات على جدار ... يقوم الشباب ليكونوا المنقذين ويصبحون الفتية ابطالا ... تحية احترام لكل صرخة ... تحية احترام لكل روح
About the Artist
Raneem K. Al Alose is an artist graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Baghdad, in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree on the artistic legacy of Chinese civilization and its relationship to contemporary Chinese works. He is influenced by his readings about philosophical and literary theories as well as environmental and social variables. Therefore, his work reflects the aspects and vision of the soul while presenting an awareness of the mechanisms of the conscious mind.
Artist’s page
Omar Talal
The Winner will write History
Painting
2016
About the Artwork
The world represented in Omar's paintings are an embodiment of the complex world that surrounds him, as well as an embodiment of his childhood and youth experiences that have been marked by terrorism, murder, wars, and dark tunnels of which he would hope to see a light.
عوالم لوحاتي، هم تجسيد للعالم المعقّد الذي يحيط بي، وكذلك تجسيد لأعماقي
التي ترسبت فيها تجارب الطفولة والشباب كلها ارهاب وقتل وحروب، وأنفاق نأمل ان يكون في نهايتها ما يدل على وجود ضوء أو بشارة امل
About the Artist
Omar Talal was born in 1979 in Ninawa, Iraq. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts and the College of Arts in Ninawa.
He is currently working as an instructor at the Institute of Fine Arts for Girls in Ninawa.
His work includes mainly children's drawings, published in most Arab magazines, including the Iraqi "Majallati wal Mizmar", "Qanbar and Al Hussaini Al Saghir" magazine, the Egyptian "Noor", “Samir” and "Fares and Aladdin" magazines, the Jordanian magazine "Wissam", the Syrian magazine "Usama and Shama", the Qatari magazine “Jassem”, the Kuwaiti magazine “Al Arabi Al Sagheer”, the Moroccan magazine “Waz”, and the magazine “Alwan Europe”, which is published in Sweden.
He has also participated in the cartoon "Creepy Friends", a Saudi Arabian production, and has about twenty-five books published inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Omar Talal
The Winner will write History
Painting
2016
About the Artwork
The world represented in Omar's paintings are an embodiment of the complex world that surrounds him, as well as an embodiment of his childhood and youth experiences that have been marked by terrorism, murder, wars, and dark tunnels of which he would hope to see a light.
عوالم لوحاتي، هم تجسيد للعالم المعقّد الذي يحيط بي، وكذلك تجسيد لأعماقي
التي ترسبت فيها تجارب الطفولة والشباب كلها ارهاب وقتل وحروب، وأنفاق نأمل ان يكون في نهايتها ما يدل على وجود ضوء أو بشارة امل
About the Artist
Omar Talal was born in 1979 in Ninawa, Iraq. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts and the College of Arts in Ninawa.
He is currently working as an instructor at the Institute of Fine Arts for Girls in Ninawa.
His work includes mainly children's drawings, published in most Arab magazines, including the Iraqi "Majallati wal Mizmar", "Qanbar and Al Hussaini Al Saghir" magazine, the Egyptian "Noor", “Samir” and "Fares and Aladdin" magazines, the Jordanian magazine "Wissam", the Syrian magazine "Usama and Shama", the Qatari magazine “Jassem”, the Kuwaiti magazine “Al Arabi Al Sagheer”, the Moroccan magazine “Waz”, and the magazine “Alwan Europe”, which is published in Sweden.
He has also participated in the cartoon "Creepy Friends", a Saudi Arabian production, and has about twenty-five books published inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Aya Al Hakim
Water Restrictions
Painting
2020
About the Artwork
This painting expresses Turkey's control over the water that flows into Iraq, in other words an attempt to strangle Iraq by cutting off water supplies.
هذه اللوحة فتعبر عن محاولة تركيا في السيطرة على شمال العراق واعمال الدمار التي تقوم بها تركيا لتحقيق هذا الغرض
About the Artist
Aya Al Hakim discovered her love for art when she was a child, she opened her eyes to the world as an artist. She has a family history with art and her familiy's support motivated her to go work as an artist. She studied interior design but her passion towards drawing never stopped, normally she would draw portraits but she started to draw political drawings since she started working as a program manager in Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy.
"Iraq is the most corrupted yet the most beautiful country in the eyes of artists", she says. Her artwork shows how neighboring countries are trying to control the beauty of the country by cutting off water for example and interfering with the inner situation. With her art she is trying to show how Iraq is suffering from its neighbors.
Artist’s page
Aya Al Hakim
Water Restrictions
Painting
2020
About the Artwork
This painting expresses Turkey's control over the water that flows into Iraq, in other words an attempt to strangle Iraq by cutting off water supplies.
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن محاولة تركيا في السيطرة على شمال العراق واعمال الدمار التي تقوم بها لتحقيق هذا الغرض
About the Artist
Aya Al Hakim discovered her love for art when she was a child, she opened her eyes to the world as an artist. She has a family history with art and her familiy's support motivated her to go work as an artist. She studied interior design but her passion towards drawing never stopped, normally she would draw portraits but she started to draw political drawings since she started working as a program manager in Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy.
"Iraq is the most corrupted yet the most beautiful country in the eyes of artists", she says. Her artwork shows how neighboring countries are trying to control the beauty of the country by cutting off water for example and interfering with the inner situation. With her art she is trying to show how Iraq is suffering from its neighbors.
Artist’s page
Aya Al Hakim
The October Revolution Symbols
Painting
2020
About the Artwork
This painting represents the many symbols that appeared in the October 2019 revolution in Iraq.
هذه اللوحة فتمثل الرموز الكثيرة التي ظهرت في ثورة تشرين 2019 في العراق
About the Artist
Aya Al Hakim discovered her love for art when she was a child, she opened her eyes to the world as an artist. She has a family history with art and her familiy's support motivated her to go work as an artist. She studied interior design but her passion towards drawing never stopped, normally she would draw portraits but she started to draw political drawings since she started working as a program manager in Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy.
"Iraq is the most corrupted yet the most beautiful country in the eyes of artists", she says. Her artwork shows how neighboring countries are trying to control the beauty of the country by cutting off water for example and interfering with the inner situation. With her art she is trying to show how Iraq is suffering from its neighbors.
Artist’s page
Aya Al Hakim
The October Revolution Symbols
Painting
2020
About the Artwork
This painting represents the many symbols that appeared in the October 2019 revolution in Iraq.
هذه اللوحة تمثّل الرموز الكثيرة التي ظهرت في ثورة تشرين 2019 في العراق
About the Artist
Aya Al Hakim discovered her love for art when she was a child, she opened her eyes to the world as an artist. She has a family history with art and her familiy's support motivated her to go work as an artist. She studied interior design but her passion towards drawing never stopped, normally she would draw portraits but she started to draw political drawings since she started working as a program manager in Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy.
"Iraq is the most corrupted yet the most beautiful country in the eyes of artists", she says. Her artwork shows how neighboring countries are trying to control the beauty of the country by cutting off water for example and interfering with the inner situation. With her art she is trying to show how Iraq is suffering from its neighbors.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
United Nations
Mural Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
The picture is a mural representing the demand of the United Nations to stop the use of live bullets and tear gas canisters by the police against the demonstrators in the protests of October 2019. This mural was painted after the number of victims had increased and the demonstrators began calling for the intervention of the United Nations.
All the murals were painted during the demonstrations, and while the artists were painting people around them died or were injured. This work was carried out by the “Butterfly Effect” team, a group of young Iraqis.
الصورة لجدارية تمثل مناشدة الامم المتحدة لوقف عملية استخدام الرصاص الحي والقنابل المسيلة للدموع ضد المتظاهرين. رسمت هذه الجدارية بعد ازدياد عدد الضحايا وخروج تظاهرة تناشد الامم المتحدة بالتدخل
تم رسم جميع اللوحات الجدارية خلال المظاهرات ، وبينما كان الفنانون يرسمون سقط العديد من الناس من حولهم أو أصيبوا. نفذ هذا العمل فريق " أثر الفراشة" وهو مجموعة من الشباب العراقي
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
United Nations
Mural Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
The picture is a mural representing the demand of the United Nations to stop the use of live bullets and tear gas canisters by the police against the demonstrators in the protests of October 2019. This mural was painted after the number of victims had increased and the demonstrators began calling for the intervention of the United Nations.
All the murals were painted during the demonstrations, and while the artists were painting people around them died or were injured. This work was carried out by the “Butterfly Effect” team, a group of young Iraqis.
الصورة لجدارية تمثل مناشدة الامم المتحدة لوقف عملية استخدام الرصاص الحي والقنابل المسيلة للدموع ضد المتظاهرين. رسمت هذه الجدارية بعد ازدياد عدد الضحايا وخروج تظاهرة تناشد الامم المتحدة بالتدخل
تم رسم جميع اللوحات الجدارية خلال المظاهرات ، وبينما كان الفنانون يرسمون سقط العديد من الناس من حولهم أو أصيبوا. نفذ هذا العمل فريق " أثر الفراشة" وهو مجموعة من الشباب العراقي
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
The Third Party
Caricature Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
The drawing is entitled “The Third Party”, which is the expression that became famous during and after the October 2019 uprising in order to describe the mysterious party targeting the demonstrators after the government and armed factions were acquitted of the charge. In the drawing the silencer appears in the form of a third “party”.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
The Third Party
Caricature Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
The drawing is entitled “The Third Party”, which is the expression that became famous during and after the October 2019 uprising in order to describe the mysterious party targeting the demonstrators after the government and armed factions were acquitted of the charge. In the drawing the silencer appears in the form of a third “party”.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Aya Al Hakim
External Forces
Painting
2020
About the Artwork
This painting expresses the external forces affecting Iraq and how Iraq is almost torn apart due to the desire of each party to attract Iraq to its side.
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن القوى الخارجية المؤثرة في العراق وكيف ان العراق يكاد يتمزق بسبب رغبة كل جهة بجذب العراق الى صفها
About the Artist
Aya Al Hakim discovered her love for art when she was a child, she opened her eyes to the world as an artist. She has a family history with art and her familiy's support motivated her to go work as an artist. She studied interior design but her passion towards drawing never stopped, normally she would draw portraits but she started to draw political drawings since she started working as a program manager in Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy.
"Iraq is the most corrupted yet the most beautiful country in the eyes of artists", she says. Her artwork shows how neighboring countries are trying to control the beauty of the country by cutting off water for example and interfering with the inner situation. With her art she is trying to show how Iraq is suffering from its neighbors.
Artist’s page
Aya Al Hakim
External Forces
Painting
2020
About the Artwork
This painting expresses the external forces affecting Iraq and how Iraq is almost torn apart due to the desire of each party to attract Iraq to its side.
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن القوى الخارجية المؤثرة في العراق وكيف ان العراق يكاد يتمزق بسبب رغبة كل جهة بجذبه الى صفها
About the Artist
Aya Al Hakim discovered her love for art when she was a child, she opened her eyes to the world as an artist. She has a family history with art and her familiy's support motivated her to go work as an artist. She studied interior design but her passion towards drawing never stopped, normally she would draw portraits but she started to draw political drawings since she started working as a program manager in Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy.
"Iraq is the most corrupted yet the most beautiful country in the eyes of artists", she says. Her artwork shows how neighboring countries are trying to control the beauty of the country by cutting off water for example and interfering with the inner situation. With her art she is trying to show how Iraq is suffering from its neighbors.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Political Dependencies
Caricature Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
The figure shows the state of dispersion in the Iraqi political reality, where each letter of the country points in a direction in reference to the foreign political dependencies.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Political Dependencies
Caricature Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
The figure shows the state of dispersion in the Iraqi political reality, where each letter of the country points in a direction in reference to the foreign political dependencies.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Abu Ghraib
Spraypaint on newspaper graffiti on wall
2012
About the Artwork
Images of entertainment transposed onto this iconic image of prisoner torture and abuse, taken from the same newspaper.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Abu Ghraib
Spraypaint on newspaper graffiti on wall
2012
About the Artwork
Images of entertainment transposed onto this iconic image of prisoner torture and abuse, taken from the same newspaper.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Sadr City
Ink Painting and collage attached to plasterboard
2012
About the Artwork
This painting is based on an image published in a British newspaper of young Iraqis bathing in a bomb crater filled with water.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Sadr City
Ink Painting and collage attached to plasterboard
2012
About the Artwork
This painting is based on an image published in a British newspaper of young Iraqis bathing in a bomb crater filled with water.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
Balance 2
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
An anxious balance, a ruined life that has laws defining its permanence, however, ruin also has its order. The woman wears the clothes of soldiers, bidding farewell to her elegance and femininity, the amputated Venus statue indicates it, the horse symbolizes the war-disabled that abounds in our cities that have experienced repeated wars.
توازن قلق، حياة مخربة لها قوانين تحدد ديمومتها، الخراب ايضا له نظامه. المرأة ترتدي ملابس الجنود، تودع اناقتها وانوثتها، تمثال فينوس المبتور يشير الى ذلك، الحصان يرمز الى معوقي الحروب الذين تزخر بهم مدننا التي عاشت حروب متكررة
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
Balance 2
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
An anxious balance, a ruined life that has laws defining its permanence, however, ruin also has its order. The woman wears the clothes of soldiers, bidding farewell to her elegance and femininity, the amputated Venus statue indicates it, the horse symbolizes the war-disabled that abounds in our cities that have experienced repeated wars.
توازن قلق، حياة مخربة لها قوانين تحدد ديمومتها، الخراب ايضا له نظامه. المرأة ترتدي ملابس الجنود، تودع اناقتها وانوثتها، تمثال فينوس المبتور يشير الى ذلك، الحصان يرمز الى معوقي الحروب الذين تزخر بهم مدننا التي عاشت حروب متكررة
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
The Farthest Beach
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2015
About the Artwork
This work takes its theme from the migration across the Mediterranean. The boat is small in size and the bodies are large standing inside the boat as a symbol of hundreds of migrants who are crammed into one boat, the faces bearing the expression of anxiety, loss and anticipation.
هذا العمل مستوحى من الهجرة عبر المتوسط ثيمته. القارب صغير الحجم والاجساد كبيرة تقف داخل القارب كرمز لمئات المهاجرين الذين يتم حشرهم في قارب واحد، الوجوه تحمل تعبير القلق والضياع والترقب
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
The Farthest Beach
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2015
About the Artwork
This work takes its theme from the migration across the Mediterranean. The boat is small in size and the bodies are large standing inside the boat as a symbol of hundreds of migrants who are crammed into one boat, the faces bearing the expression of anxiety, loss and anticipation.
هذا العمل مستوحى من الهجرة عبر المتوسط ثيمته. القارب صغير الحجم والاجساد كبيرة تقف داخل القارب كرمز لمئات المهاجرين الذين يتم حشرهم في قارب واحد، الوجوه تحمل تعبير القلق والضياع والترقب
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
A Song from Baghdad
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
For several years, Baghdad experienced the tragedy of a fierce civil war, in which car bombs were used as a means to cause destruction and death. Tens of thousands of people were killed or disabled by explosions and shrapnel, tearing down entire buildings. The torn cloud symbolizes the devastating and lethal power of a detonation.
عانت بغداد منذ عدة سنوات مأساة حرب أهلية طاحنة استُخدمت فيها السيارات المفخخة كوسيلة لإحداث الدمار والموت. وسقط عشرات الآلاف من القتلى أو المعوقين جراء الانفجارات والشظايا التي دمرت مبانٍ بأكملها. ترمز السحابة الممزقة إلى القوة المدمرة والمميتة للانفجا
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
A Song from Baghdad
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
For several years, Baghdad experienced the tragedy of a fierce civil war, in which car bombs were used as a means to cause destruction and death. Tens of thousands of people were killed or disabled by explosions and shrapnel, tearing down entire buildings. The torn cloud symbolizes the devastating and lethal power of a detonation.
عانت بغداد منذ عدة سنوات مأساة حرب أهلية طاحنة استُخدمت فيها السيارات المفخخة كوسيلة لإحداث الدمار والموت. وسقط عشرات الآلاف من القتلى أو المعوقين جراء الانفجارات والشظايا التي دمرت مبانٍ بأكملها. ترمز السحابة الممزقة إلى القوة المدمرة والمميتة للانفجار
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
Balance 1
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
During war, love is stolen from moments of time, the two lovers stand on a restless place, struggling to get a kiss, they too have lost their limbs in another previous time. But the will to live defies death.
اثناء الحرب يُمثّل الحب بلحظات مسروقه من الزمن حيث يقف الحبيبان على مكان قلق يجاهدا من اجل الحصول على قبلة، هما ايضا قد فقدا اطرافهما في زمن سابق اخر. ولكن ارادة الحياة تتحدى الموت
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Falah Al Ani
Balance 1
Painting - Acrylic Colors on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
During war, love is stolen from moments of time, the two lovers stand on a restless place, struggling to get a kiss, they too have lost their limbs in another previous time. But the will to live defies death.
اثناء الحرب يُمثّل الحب بلحظات مسروقه من الزمن حيث يقف الحبيبان على مكان قلق يجاهدا من اجل الحصول على قبلة، هما ايضا قد فقدا اطرافهما في زمن سابق اخر. ولكن ارادة الحياة تتحدى الموت
About the Artist
Falah Al Ani was born in 1967 in Balad City, Iraq.
He graduated in 1992 from the Baghdad Academy of Art.
He did many solo exhibitions, for instance in the Motala Art Hall (2016), in the Gallery Skådbanan in Linköping (2016), the Galleri Kronan in Norrköping (2012), Galleri Femman in Norrköping (2012),
Gallery Gramophone in Norrköping (2009). Further, he participated in international exhibitions, such as the Art Fair in London (2019).
He also won an award in 2016, the Norrköping cultural scholarship to Moa Martinson's memory.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
Tear Gas
Mural Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
The mural shows the victims of military grade tear gas canisters, which weighs twice as much as the grenades usually used by police forces to disperse demonstrators. Dozens of people were injured or even killed by tear gas grenades that were fired on them. The artist Baqer Majed created this work.
الصورة لجدارية تبين سقوط ضحايا القنابل المسيلة للدموع والتي تستخدم للاغراض العسكرية والتي وزنها يعادل ضعف القنابل المخصصة لتفريق المتظاهرين والتي ذهب ضحيتها العشرات
العمل للفنان باقر ماجد
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
Tear Gas
Mural Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
The mural shows the victims of military grade tear gas canisters, which weighs twice as much as the grenades usually used by police forces to disperse demonstrators. Dozens of people were injured or even killed by tear gas grenades that were fired on them. The artist Baqer Majed created this work.
الصورة لجدارية تبين سقوط ضحايا القنابل المسيلة للدموع والتي تستخدم للاغراض العسكرية والتي وزنها يعادل ضعف القنابل المخصصة لتفريق المتظاهرين والتي ذهب ضحيتها العشرات
العمل للفنان باقر ماجد
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Sinan Hussein
The Guernica of Al Tahrir
Mural Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
The concept of this mural is about the youth who were at the demonstrations; “they came to the protests with pure positive hearts to stand up for their country, families, future and what they believe in. The closer they get to achieve their demands their hearts turn to green fields full of life and joy. They were inspiring young men and women with hearts so tender yet full of courage.” This was Sinan Hussein’s observation in October 2019, “a life experience” he has witnessed with his own eyes while he was standing between Iraq’s young protesters in the heart of the demonstration.
About the Artist
Born in 1977 In Baghdad Iraq, his artistic legacy extends from the vision of the Mesopotamian ancestors, its vagueness civilization, its splendor history and horrifying present. The silence discourse, the gaze of his figures and the odd objects in his paintings are nothing but a live metaphor from the past. At the age of 14 Sinan practiced art by sketching portraits of friends and family. His artist and musician father recognized the talent and encouraged Sinan to continue his art journey.
After several years of self-studying and observing the classic, the modern and the contemporary artists, Sinan joined the Iraqi Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, took his talent to the next level and obtained a bachelor degree. Soon after graduation in 2004 he fled Baghdad because of the war, and the vicious sectarian violence that almost ended his life three times before he decided to leave his home and family for good, and to find refuge in Kuwait and eventually in the United States. The nostalgia and the search for a new home have enriched and shaped Sinan’s paintings. Since early 2004 he participated and exhibited in many important art shows in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. His artwork is collected by Middle Eastern and Arab Gulf royalty, governments and private collectors around the world.
Sinan Hussein’s graffito was photographed by Hatif Farhan.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
Supression of Demonstrators
Mural Artwork
2019
About the Artwork
A mural representing the suppression of demonstrators and how the demonstrators took over the process of transporting the wounded and the martyrs from Tahrir Square, the main place of the demonstrations, to hospitals. The artist Sinan Hussein created this work.
جدارية تمثل قمع المتظاهرين وكيفية تولي المتظاهرين عملية نقل الجرحى والشهداء في ساحة التحرير مقر التظاهرات
العمل للفنان سنان حسين
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
WELCOME TO
IRAQI LINES BETWEEN HOPE AND CONFLICT
VIRTUAL EXHIBTION
WELCOME TO
IRAQI LINES BETWEEN HOPE AND CONFLICT
VIRTUAL EXHIBTION
About The Expo
Iraqi Lines between Hope and Conflict
Iraq is well known for its diversity, its variety of regions, religions and opinions; all of which are in conflict and symbiosis at the same time down to the present day. This exhibition highlights the invisible “lines” cutting through Iraq’s social fabric by showing the work of Iraqi artists who use art to illustrate the manifold challenges as well as the hope of a people.
The exhibition space consists of two parts: one for “Conflict” and another for “Revolution”.
The “Conflict” section features art pieces showing the 2003 war, and informs about the challenges that the people and country are going through whereas the “Revolution” section exhibits artworks reflecting on the demonstrations since 2019, and the new hope the civil unrest has given to many Iraqis.
Exhibiting Artists
Abdul Raheem Yassir | Ali Al Dulaimi | Ammar Abd Rabbo | Aya Al Hakim | Dominic Madden | Falah Al Ani | Hatif Farhan | Khudair Al-Humairi | Leon Bonnat | Nadia Flaih | Omar Talal | Osama Sadiq | Ranem Alalose | Sura Moyaed Brahimi | Tabarek Al Atrakchi | Zaid Al Obayde
Important Disclaimer:
The artworks and descriptions represent each artist by himself and do not represent a collective opinion from all artists or a personal opinion from the organizers, partners or collaborators.
Contact us
Get in touch and let us know your thoughts!
Follow our pages:
About The Expo
Iraqi Lines between Hope and Conflict
Iraq is well known for its diversity, its variety of regions, religions and opinions; all of which are in conflict and symbiosis at the same time down to the present day. This exhibition highlights the invisible “lines” cutting through Iraq’s social fabric by showing the work of Iraqi artists who use art to illustrate the manifold challenges as well as the hope of a people.
The exhibition space consists of two parts: one for “Conflict” and another for “Revolution”.
The “Conflict” section features art pieces showing the 2003 war, and informs about the challenges that the people and country are going through whereas the “Revolution” section exhibits artworks reflecting on the demonstrations since 2019, and the new hope the civil unrest has given to many Iraqis.
Exhibiting Artists
Abdul Raheem Yassir | Ali Al Dulaimi | Ammar Abd Rabbo | Aya Al Hakim | Dominic Madden | Falah Al Ani | Hatif Farhan | Khudair Al-Humairi | Leon Bonnat | Nadia Flaih | Omar Talal | Osama Sadiq | Ranem Alalose | Sura Moyaed Brahimi | Tabarek Al Atrakchi | Zaid Al Obayde
Important Disclaimer:
The artworks and descriptions represent each artist by himself and do not represent a collective opinion from all artists or a personal opinion from the organizers, partners or collaborators.
Contact us
Get in touch and let us know your thoughts!
Follow our pages:
Sura Moyaed Brahimi
Women's Freedom
Sewing Artwork
2017
About the Artwork
The story behind the Artworks series as per the artist: "My mother used to sew on a daily basis, and I used to collect scraps of excess fabric. They are marginal pieces, small pieces I saved from the garbage, this is the case for girls in my community, we are pieces that are like pieces of cloth! My mother always wanted to teach me to sew, but we were different in our view of the material of fabric, when she was making dresses for a wedding, I was dealing with the issue of the causes of these weddings. Perhaps we are the remains or remnants of a certain group of human beings who confiscated our freedoms and our will, and even the worn clothes that I used in some of my works are but another confirmation of what we suffer from here where I live. Old clothes also occupied a place in the garbage before I used them to produce a part of this distortion. The deformation extends to include governments and countries, resulting in a chair made of remnants of fabric, missing one of its limbs in an unbalanced manner. Class, sectarianism, religious, social and political differences etc. are a form of deformity. Governments mutilate the men who have mutilated us in advance, and so on ... Today, my works reflect my distorted childhood. The works are nothing but a true picture of a harmful childhood that produced distorted dolls (rape, harassment, underage marriage, forced marriage, marginalization, confiscation of women’s freedom, subjugation, etc.) terms that some see as violent and painful, and some may live with them and swallow them forcibly, as happens here where I sit. All these distorted practices are enough to produce works in this way. Perhaps my work today did not overcome any of this distortion, but it will do later. The task is difficult because I am defending the freedom of women who themselves do not believe in their freedoms. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will reform the minds of women so that they believe in their freedom and become strong and influential women capable of deciding their own destiny".
About the Artist
Sura Moyaed Brahimi is an Iraqi associate designer who has a passion for shaping and assembling fabric scraps into different layouts in order to convey a certain message. In addition to participating in art festivals, Sura has experience in theatrical and performing arts, and she loves to combine it with visual art.
Artist’s page
Sura Moyaed Brahimi
Women's Freedom
Sewing Artwork
2017
About the Artwork
The story behind the Artworks series as per the artist: "My mother used to sew on a daily basis, and I used to collect scraps of excess fabric. They are marginal pieces, small pieces I saved from the garbage, this is the case for girls in my community, we are pieces that are like pieces of cloth! My mother always wanted to teach me to sew, but we were different in our view of the material of fabric, when she was making dresses for a wedding, I was dealing with the issue of the causes of these weddings. Perhaps we are the remains or remnants of a certain group of human beings who confiscated our freedoms and our will, and even the worn clothes that I used in some of my works are but another confirmation of what we suffer from here where I live. Old clothes also occupied a place in the garbage before I used them to produce a part of this distortion. The deformation extends to include governments and countries, resulting in a chair made of remnants of fabric, missing one of its limbs in an unbalanced manner. Class, sectarianism, religious, social and political differences etc. are a form of deformity. Governments mutilate the men who have mutilated us in advance, and so on ... Today, my works reflect my distorted childhood. The works are nothing but a true picture of a harmful childhood that produced distorted dolls (rape, harassment, underage marriage, forced marriage, marginalization, confiscation of women’s freedom, subjugation, etc.) terms that some see as violent and painful, and some may live with them and swallow them forcibly, as happens here where I sit. All these distorted practices are enough to produce works in this way. Perhaps my work today did not overcome any of this distortion, but it will do later. The task is difficult because I am defending the freedom of women who themselves do not believe in their freedoms. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will reform the minds of women so that they believe in their freedom and become strong and influential women capable of deciding their own destiny".
About the Artist
Sura Moyaed Brahimi is an Iraqi associate designer who has a passion for shaping and assembling fabric scraps into different layouts in order to convey a certain message. In addition to participating in art festivals, Sura has experience in theatrical and performing arts, and she loves to combine it with visual art.
Artist’s page
Sura Moyaed Brahimi
Women's Freedom
Sewing Artwork
2018
About the Artwork
The story behind the Artworks series as per the artist: "My mother used to sew on a daily basis, and I used to collect scraps of excess fabric. They are marginal pieces, small pieces I saved from the garbage, this is the case for girls in my community, we are pieces that are like pieces of cloth! My mother always wanted to teach me to sew, but we were different in our view of the material of fabric, when she was making dresses for a wedding, I was dealing with the issue of the causes of these weddings. Perhaps we are the remains or remnants of a certain group of human beings who confiscated our freedoms and our will, and even the worn clothes that I used in some of my works are but another confirmation of what we suffer from here where I live. Old clothes also occupied a place in the garbage before I used them to produce a part of this distortion. The deformation extends to include governments and countries, resulting in a chair made of remnants of fabric, missing one of its limbs in an unbalanced manner. Class, sectarianism, religious, social and political differences etc. are a form of deformity. Governments mutilate the men who have mutilated us in advance, and so on ... Today, my works reflect my distorted childhood. The works are nothing but a true picture of a harmful childhood that produced distorted dolls (rape, harassment, underage marriage, forced marriage, marginalization, confiscation of women’s freedom, subjugation, etc.) terms that some see as violent and painful, and some may live with them and swallow them forcibly, as happens here where I sit. All these distorted practices are enough to produce works in this way. Perhaps my work today did not overcome any of this distortion, but it will do later. The task is difficult because I am defending the freedom of women who themselves do not believe in their freedoms. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will reform the minds of women so that they believe in their freedom and become strong and influential women capable of deciding their own destiny".
About the Artist
Sura Moyaed Brahimi is an Iraqi associate designer who has a passion for shaping and assembling fabric scraps into different layouts in order to convey a certain message. In addition to participating in art festivals, Sura has experience in theatrical and performing arts, and she loves to combine it with visual art.
Artist’s page
Sura Moyaed Brahimi
Women's Freedom
Sewing Artwork
2018
About the Artwork
The story behind the Artworks series as per the artist: "My mother used to sew on a daily basis, and I used to collect scraps of excess fabric. They are marginal pieces, small pieces I saved from the garbage, this is the case for girls in my community, we are pieces that are like pieces of cloth! My mother always wanted to teach me to sew, but we were different in our view of the material of fabric, when she was making dresses for a wedding, I was dealing with the issue of the causes of these weddings. Perhaps we are the remains or remnants of a certain group of human beings who confiscated our freedoms and our will, and even the worn clothes that I used in some of my works are but another confirmation of what we suffer from here where I live. Old clothes also occupied a place in the garbage before I used them to produce a part of this distortion. The deformation extends to include governments and countries, resulting in a chair made of remnants of fabric, missing one of its limbs in an unbalanced manner. Class, sectarianism, religious, social and political differences etc. are a form of deformity. Governments mutilate the men who have mutilated us in advance, and so on ... Today, my works reflect my distorted childhood. The works are nothing but a true picture of a harmful childhood that produced distorted dolls (rape, harassment, underage marriage, forced marriage, marginalization, confiscation of women’s freedom, subjugation, etc.) terms that some see as violent and painful, and some may live with them and swallow them forcibly, as happens here where I sit. All these distorted practices are enough to produce works in this way. Perhaps my work today did not overcome any of this distortion, but it will do later. The task is difficult because I am defending the freedom of women who themselves do not believe in their freedoms. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will reform the minds of women so that they believe in their freedom and become strong and influential women capable of deciding their own destiny".
About the Artist
Sura Moyaed Brahimi is an Iraqi associate designer who has a passion for shaping and assembling fabric scraps into different layouts in order to convey a certain message. In addition to participating in art festivals, Sura has experience in theatrical and performing arts, and she loves to combine it with visual art.
Artist’s page
Omar Talal
The Price of Victory
Painting
2016
About the Artwork
The world represented in Omar's paintings are an embodiment of the complex world that surrounds him, as well as an embodiment of his childhood and youth experiences that have been marked by terrorism, murder, wars, and dark tunnels of which he would hope to see a light.
عوالم لوحاتي، هم تجسيد للعالم المعقّد الذي يحيط بي، وكذلك تجسيد لأعماقي
التي ترسبت فيها تجارب الطفولة والشباب كلها ارهاب وقتل وحروب، وأنفاق نأمل ان يكون في نهايتها ما يدل على وجود ضوء أو بشارة امل
About the Artist
Omar Talal was born in 1979 in Ninawa, Iraq. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts and the College of Arts in Ninawa.
He is currently working as an instructor at the Institute of Fine Arts for Girls in Ninawa.
His work includes mainly children's drawings, published in most Arab magazines, including the Iraqi "Majallati wal Mizmar", "Qanbar and Al Hussaini Al Saghir" magazine, the Egyptian "Noor", “Samir” and "Fares and Aladdin" magazines, the Jordanian magazine "Wissam", the Syrian magazine "Usama and Shama", the Qatari magazine “Jassem”, the Kuwaiti magazine “Al Arabi Al Sagheer”, the Moroccan magazine “Waz”, and the magazine “Alwan Europe”, which is published in Sweden.
He has also participated in the cartoon "Creepy Friends", a Saudi Arabian production, and has about twenty-five books published inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Omar Talal
The Price of Victory
Painting
2016
About the Artwork
The world represented in Omar's paintings are an embodiment of the complex world that surrounds him, as well as an embodiment of his childhood and youth experiences that have been marked by terrorism, murder, wars, and dark tunnels of which he would hope to see a light.
عوالم لوحاتي، هم تجسيد للعالم المعقّد الذي يحيط بي، وكذلك تجسيد لأعماقي
التي ترسبت فيها تجارب الطفولة والشباب كلها ارهاب وقتل وحروب، وأنفاق نأمل ان يكون في نهايتها ما يدل على وجود ضوء أو بشارة امل
About the Artist
Omar Talal was born in 1979 in Ninawa, Iraq. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts and the College of Arts in Ninawa.
He is currently working as an instructor at the Institute of Fine Arts for Girls in Ninawa.
His work includes mainly children's drawings, published in most Arab magazines, including the Iraqi "Majallati wal Mizmar", "Qanbar and Al Hussaini Al Saghir" magazine, the Egyptian "Noor", “Samir” and "Fares and Aladdin" magazines, the Jordanian magazine "Wissam", the Syrian magazine "Usama and Shama", the Qatari magazine “Jassem”, the Kuwaiti magazine “Al Arabi Al Sagheer”, the Moroccan magazine “Waz”, and the magazine “Alwan Europe”, which is published in Sweden.
He has also participated in the cartoon "Creepy Friends", a Saudi Arabian production, and has about twenty-five books published inside and outside Iraq.
Artist’s page
Sura Moyaed Brahimi
Women's Freedom
Sewing Artwork
2017
About the Artwork
The story behind the Artworks series as per the artist: "My mother used to sew on a daily basis, and I used to collect scraps of excess fabric. They are marginal pieces, small pieces I saved from the garbage, this is the case for girls in my community, we are pieces that are like pieces of cloth! My mother always wanted to teach me to sew, but we were different in our view of the material of fabric, when she was making dresses for a wedding, I was dealing with the issue of the causes of these weddings. Perhaps we are the remains or remnants of a certain group of human beings who confiscated our freedoms and our will, and even the worn clothes that I used in some of my works are but another confirmation of what we suffer from here where I live. Old clothes also occupied a place in the garbage before I used them to produce a part of this distortion. The deformation extends to include governments and countries, resulting in a chair made of remnants of fabric, missing one of its limbs in an unbalanced manner. Class, sectarianism, religious, social and political differences etc. are a form of deformity. Governments mutilate the men who have mutilated us in advance, and so on ... Today, my works reflect my distorted childhood. The works are nothing but a true picture of a harmful childhood that produced distorted dolls (rape, harassment, underage marriage, forced marriage, marginalization, confiscation of women’s freedom, subjugation, etc.) terms that some see as violent and painful, and some may live with them and swallow them forcibly, as happens here where I sit. All these distorted practices are enough to produce works in this way. Perhaps my work today did not overcome any of this distortion, but it will do later. The task is difficult because I am defending the freedom of women who themselves do not believe in their freedoms. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will reform the minds of women so that they believe in their freedom and become strong and influential women capable of deciding their own destiny".
About the Artist
Sura Moyaed Brahimi is an Iraqi associate designer who has a passion for shaping and assembling fabric scraps into different layouts in order to convey a certain message. In addition to participating in art festivals, Sura has experience in theatrical and performing arts, and she loves to combine it with visual art.
Artist’s page
Sura Moyaed Brahimi
Women's Freedom
Sewing Artwork
2017
About the Artwork
The story behind the Artworks series as per the artist: "My mother used to sew on a daily basis, and I used to collect scraps of excess fabric. They are marginal pieces, small pieces I saved from the garbage, this is the case for girls in my community, we are pieces that are like pieces of cloth! My mother always wanted to teach me to sew, but we were different in our view of the material of fabric, when she was making dresses for a wedding, I was dealing with the issue of the causes of these weddings. Perhaps we are the remains or remnants of a certain group of human beings who confiscated our freedoms and our will, and even the worn clothes that I used in some of my works are but another confirmation of what we suffer from here where I live. Old clothes also occupied a place in the garbage before I used them to produce a part of this distortion. The deformation extends to include governments and countries, resulting in a chair made of remnants of fabric, missing one of its limbs in an unbalanced manner. Class, sectarianism, religious, social and political differences etc. are a form of deformity. Governments mutilate the men who have mutilated us in advance, and so on ... Today, my works reflect my distorted childhood. The works are nothing but a true picture of a harmful childhood that produced distorted dolls (rape, harassment, underage marriage, forced marriage, marginalization, confiscation of women’s freedom, subjugation, etc.) terms that some see as violent and painful, and some may live with them and swallow them forcibly, as happens here where I sit. All these distorted practices are enough to produce works in this way. Perhaps my work today did not overcome any of this distortion, but it will do later. The task is difficult because I am defending the freedom of women who themselves do not believe in their freedoms. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will reform the minds of women so that they believe in their freedom and become strong and influential women capable of deciding their own destiny".
About the Artist
Sura Moyaed Brahimi is an Iraqi associate designer who has a passion for shaping and assembling fabric scraps into different layouts in order to convey a certain message. In addition to participating in art festivals, Sura has experience in theatrical and performing arts, and she loves to combine it with visual art.
Artist’s page
Tip:
Click on each artwork for its infographic to popup,
with a larger image and information about it and the artist.
Tip:
Click on each artwork for its infographic to popup,
with a larger image and information about it and the artist.
Khudair Alhimyari
Militias
Caricature Drawing
2014
About the Artwork
The figure shows that the presence of militias, whatever their affiliation, poses a threat to the “life” and future of the citizen.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Militias
Caricature Drawing
2014
About the Artwork
The figure shows that the presence of militias, whatever their affiliation, poses a threat to the “life” and future of the citizen.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
Human Rights
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
The really sad truth in this piece is that the human rights organizations are unable to carry out their humanitarian tasks as terrorist groups prevent them from doing their job.
المضحك المبكي فعلاً في هذا التعبير بأن منظمات حقوق الإنسان نفسها غير قادرة على حماية نفسها من منعها من تنفيذ مهامها الإنسانية تحت سطوة الإرهاب العالمي
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
Human Rights
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
The really sad truth in this piece is that the human rights organizations are unable to carry out their humanitarian tasks as terrorist groups prevent them from doing their job.
المضحك المبكي فعلاً في هذا التعبير بأن منظمات حقوق الإنسان نفسها غير قادرة على حماية نفسها من منعها من تنفيذ مهامها الإنسانية تحت سطوة الإرهاب العالمي
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Tabarek Al Atrakchi
Makrud
Watercolor and ink on paper (Collage of 4 Artworks)
2021
About the Artwork
Makrud is a character developed by Tabarek Al Atrakji. The word describes the unlucky and the forgotten. The Arabic plural of "Makrud" is "Makarid". The “Makarid” are vulnerable to psychological and physical hurt from the events surrounding them. The red line symbolizes the trauma they have experienced. It hinders their progress, affects them and affects their interaction with each other. They are all malicious, unaware of the damage they have suffered, violent with each other and unconsciously contributing to the increase of this damage. The character is aware of his environment and feelings though.
مگرود هو شخصية طورتها تبارك الاطرقجي. الكلمة تصف الغير محظوظ، المنسي وتجمع "مگاريد". مگاريد هم متعرضين للضرر النفسي والجسدي من الأحداث الأخيرة. يرمز الخط الأحمر الى الصدمات التي تعرضوا لها. هي تعيق تقدمهم، تؤثر عليهم وتؤثر على تعاملهم مع بعضهم. هم جميعاً مگاريد، غير مدركين للضرر الذي تعرضوا له، عنيفين مع بعضهم، مساهمين في زيادة هذا الضرر بدون وعي. المگرود في الوسط هو مدرك وواعي لما يشعر به
About the Artist
Tabarek Al Atrakji was born in Baghdad in 1998. She graduated from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Visual Art department in 2020. Since 2018 she is a member of the Tarkib Contemporary Art Institute and she exhibited at the Tarkib Baghdad Contemporary Arts Festival 2018 and 2019. She also participated in all group exhibitions and workshops held in Bait Tarkib. Tabarek Al Atrakji addresses in her art problems related to children in the Iraqi society on the one hand and on the other hand she is displaying different societal controversies by using electric cables chaos, that destroy the view of her city.
Artist’s page
Tabarek Al Atrakchi
Makrud
Watercolor and ink on paper (Collage of 4 Artworks)
2021
About the Artwork
Makrud is a character developed by Tabarek Al Atrakji. The word describes the unlucky and the forgotten. The Arabic plural of "Makrud" is "Makarid". The “Makarid” are vulnerable to psychological and physical hurt from the events surrounding them. The red line symbolizes the trauma they have experienced. It hinders their progress, affects them and affects their interaction with each other. They are all malicious, unaware of the damage they have suffered, violent with each other and unconsciously contributing to the increase of this damage. The character is aware of his environment and feelings though.
مگرود هو شخصية طورتها تبارك الاطرقجي. الكلمة تصف الغير محظوظ، المنسي وتجمع "مگاريد". مگاريد هم متعرضين للضرر النفسي والجسدي من الأحداث الأخيرة. يرمز الخط الأحمر الى الصدمات التي تعرضوا لها. هي تعيق تقدمهم، تؤثر عليهم وتؤثر على تعاملهم مع بعضهم. هم جميعاً مگاريد، غير مدركين للضرر الذي تعرضوا له، عنيفين مع بعضهم، مساهمين في زيادة هذا الضرر بدون وعي. المگرود في الوسط هو مدرك وواعي لما يشعر به
About the Artist
Tabarek Al Atrakji was born in Baghdad in 1998. She graduated from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Visual Art department in 2020. Since 2018 she is a member of the Tarkib Contemporary Art Institute and she exhibited at the Tarkib Baghdad Contemporary Arts Festival 2018 and 2019. She also participated in all group exhibitions and workshops held in Bait Tarkib. Tabarek Al Atrakji addresses in her art problems related to children in the Iraqi society on the one hand and on the other hand she is displaying different societal controversies by using electric cables chaos, that destroy the view of her city.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
Between War & Peace
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
This Artwork is twofold. The first part is a filthy, murderous hand that does not have a specific religion or sect, and it holds a silencer pistol to kill any educated thought that calls for peace and fights injustice and dictatorship, while the second part is a dove of peace, which represents the thoughts of the people in a society. "I did not attribute this topic to a specific time or special place, because it is present in all countries of the world", says Al Dulaimi.
هذا العمل الفني ذو شقين. أوّل شق هو عن يد قذرة قاتلة ليس لها دين أو مذهب معين وهي تمسك بمسدس كاتم الصوت لقتل أي فكر مثقف يدعو إلى السلام ومقارعة الظلم والدكتاتورية، بينما الجزء الثاني لحمامة السلام والذي يمثل الصوت المفكر في المجتمع. ولم أنسب هذا الموضوع لزمن معين أو مكان خاص لأنه موجود في جميع بلدان العالم
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
Between War & Peace
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
This Artwork is twofold. The first part is a filthy, murderous hand that does not have a specific religion or sect, and it holds a silencer pistol to kill any educated thought that calls for peace and fights injustice and dictatorship, while the second part is a dove of peace, which represents the thoughts of the people in a society. "I did not attribute this topic to a specific time or special place, because it is present in all countries of the world", says Al Dulaimi.
هذا العمل الفني ذو شقين. أوّل شق هو عن يد قذرة قاتلة ليس لها دين أو مذهب معين وهي تمسك بمسدس كاتم الصوت لقتل أي فكر مثقف يدعو إلى السلام ومقارعة الظلم والدكتاتورية، بينما الجزء الثاني لحمامة السلام والذي يمثل الصوت المفكر في المجتمع. ولم أنسب هذا الموضوع لزمن معين أو مكان خاص لأنه موجود في جميع بلدان العالم
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
A a citizen's daily life during war
Cartoon
2003
About the Artwork
Living in terror even in the comfort of your house ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
A a citizen's daily life during war
Cartoon
2003
About the Artwork
Living in terror even in the comfort of your house ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
A speech
Cartoon
2013
About the Artwork
You don't know where to start, how it goes and where it ends ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
A speech
Cartoon
2013
About the Artwork
You don't know where to start, how it goes and where it ends ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
Terrorism
Cartoon
2009
About the Artwork
Brainwashed for terrorism ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
Terrorism
Cartoon
2009
About the Artwork
Brainwashed for terrorism ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
Draught
Cartoon
2014
About the Artwork
No comment ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
Draught
Cartoon
2014
About the Artwork
No comment ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Intensive Bombing
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
Second night of intensive bombing of the Iraqi capital. American missiles and fighters mainly target the presidential complex located on the banks of the Tigris, on March 22, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Intensive Bombing
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
Second night of intensive bombing of the Iraqi capital. American missiles and fighters mainly target the presidential complex located on the banks of the Tigris, on March 22, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
October Revolution
Photography
2019
About the Artwork
The picture reflects the October demonstrations, which started on 1 October 2019, and turned into a sit-in for a whole year.
About 700 protesters died, while thousands were wounded and dozens went missing. Live bullets and tear gas canisters, which are used for military purposes, were used to suppress these demonstrations.
The picture shows the demonstrators arriving at the Republic Bridge in Baghdad, while the security barriers appear to prevent them from reaching the parliament and government headquarters.
These demonstrations represent the longest and most violent in the modern history of Iraq, which constituted an important turning point in the history of the protests, forcing the government to resign and urging the formation of a new government whose first mission is to bring the killers of the protesters to justice and to prepare for early elections.
الصورة لتظاهرات تشرين التي ابتدأت من 1-10- 2019 والتي تحولت الى اعتصام لمدة عام كامل. استشهد 700 شهيد وجرح الآلاف وفقد العشرات
استخدمت فيها الرصاص الحي والقنابل المسيلة للدموع، التي تستخدم لأغراض عسكرية، لقمع هذه التظاهرات
الصورة لوصول المتظاهرين الى جسر الجمهورية وتبدو فيها الحواجز الامنية لمنع وصول التظاهرات الى مقر البرلمان والحكومة
هذه التظاهرات تمثل الاطول والاعنف في تاريخ العراق الحديث والتي شكلت انعطافة مهمّة في تاريخ الاحتجاجات والتي اجبرت الحكومة على الاستقالة وتشكيل حكومة جديدة مهمتها الاولى تقديم قتلة المتظاهرين الى العدالة والتحضير لانتخابات مبكرة
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
October Revolution
Photography
2019
About the Artwork
The picture reflects the October demonstrations, which started on 1 October 2019, and turned into a sit-in for a whole year.
About 700 protesters died, while thousands were wounded and dozens went missing. Live bullets and tear gas canisters, which are used for military purposes, were used to suppress these demonstrations.
The picture shows the demonstrators arriving at the Republic Bridge in Baghdad, while the security barriers appear to prevent them from reaching the parliament and government headquarters.
These demonstrations represent the longest and most violent in the modern history of Iraq, which constituted an important turning point in the history of the protests, forcing the government to resign and urging the formation of a new government whose first mission is to bring the killers of the protesters to justice and to prepare for early elections.
الصورة لتظاهرات تشرين التي ابتدأت من 1-10- 2019 والتي تحولت الى اعتصام لمدة عام كامل
استشهد 700 شهيد وجرح الآلاف وفقد العشرات. استخدمت فيها الرصاص الحي والقنابل المسيلة للدموع، التي تستخدم لأغراض عسكرية، لقمع هذه التظاهرات
الصورة لوصول المتظاهرين الى جسر الجمهورية وتبدو فيها الحواجز الامنية لمنع وصول
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Cleaning Saddam
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
An employee cleans a huge portrait of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein outside a railway station in the capital Baghdad, on February 11, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Cleaning Saddam
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
An employee cleans a huge portrait of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein outside a railway station in the capital Baghdad, on February 11, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Saddam Lost his Head
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
A headless statue of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is seen on April 19, 2003, a few days after the fall of Baghdad.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Saddam Lost his Head
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
A headless statue of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is seen on April 19, 2003, a few days after the fall of Baghdad.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Chaos
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
An American soldier arrests one of the many looters who have taken advantage of the chaos in the Iraqi capital after the US led invasion. Many governmental buildings and ministries in Baghdad were looted and set on fire. the image was taken on April 15, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Chaos
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
An American soldier arrests one of the many looters who have taken advantage of the chaos in the Iraqi capital after the US led invasion. Many governmental buildings and ministries in Baghdad were looted and set on fire. the image was taken on April 15, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Untitled
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
Most of Ammar's works are "untitled" as they were achieved as documentary photography, with captions and were later displayed as artworks in exhibitions. The photos are self-explanatory ... Um Raed, a 43 years old housewife uses a kalashnikov on the main square behind a small fortification. As Baghdad waits for war or a possible US strike, on March 2, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Untitled
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
Most of Ammar's works are "untitled" as they were achieved as documentary photography, with captions and were later displayed as artworks in exhibitions. The photos are self-explanatory ... Um Raed, a 43 years old housewife uses a kalashnikov on the main square behind a small fortification. As Baghdad waits for war or a possible US strike, on March 2, 2003.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
No Peace Allowed
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
All the colors and policies of the world and their intellectual ideologies are basically carrying in their folds hatred and loathing for the language of peace with others
The idea is about a soldier wearing military combat clothes and a helmet to protect his head, with an undefined color symbol on it to include everyone, while aiming his weapon at the sky to kill any peace pigeon that want to land on the ground, while there is a traffic light preventing any landing of pigeons on the ground.
كل ألوان وسياسات العالم وأيدولوجياتها الفكرية هي بالأساس تحمل في طياتها الكره والبغض للغة السلام مع الآخرين
وفكرتي كانت لجندي يرتدي الملابس العسكرية القتالية في أهبة الاستعداد ويرتدي خوذة لوقاية رأسه وعليها رمزية لونية غير محددة لتشمل الجميع وهو مصوب سلاحه نحو السماء ليقتل أي حمامة سلام تحط على الأرض، بينما هناك إشارة مرورية تمنع نزول الحمامة نفسها على الأرض
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
No Peace Allowed
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
All the colors and policies of the world and their intellectual ideologies are basically carrying in their folds hatred and loathing for the language of peace with others
The idea is about a soldier wearing military combat clothes and a helmet to protect his head, with an undefined color symbol on it to include everyone, while aiming his weapon at the sky to kill any peace pigeon that want to land on the ground, while there is a traffic light preventing any landing of pigeons on the ground.
كل ألوان وسياسات العالم وأيدولوجياتها الفكرية هي بالأساس تحمل في طياتها الكره والبغض للغة السلام مع الآخرين
وفكرتي كانت لجندي يرتدي الملابس العسكرية القتالية في أهبة الاستعداد ويرتدي خوذة لوقاية رأسه وعليها رمزية لونية غير محددة لتشمل الجميع وهو مصوب سلاحه نحو السماء ليقتل أي حمامة سلام تحط على الأرض، بينما هناك إشارة مرورية تمنع نزول الحمامة نفسها على الأرض
About the Artist
University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Resting by Babylone
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
A US soldier rests outside one of the palaces of Uday Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi president's eldest son, in Baghdad.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Resting by Babylone
Photography
2003
About the Artwork
A US soldier rests outside one of the palaces of Uday Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi president's eldest son, in Baghdad.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
Global Terrorism
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
The image of global terrorism, which today controls all the facets of the world, is like a ghost that appears in every place and time, and has no specific features in the operations of carrying out its terrorist operations. High-quality global security conferences were held here and there, but terrorism has not ended yet.
The artist's idea that is reflected in this topic was about these very important conferences, and it vows to fight terrorism by procrastinating in the future, while terrorism itself is challenging that struggle forcefully without fear.
صورة الإرهاب العالمي الذي يسيطر اليوم على جميع مرافق وميادين العالم وكأنه شبح يظهر في كل مكان وزمان، ليس له ملامح معينة في عمليات تنفيذ عملياته الإرهابية
وعقدت مؤتمرات أمنية عالمية عالية الجودة هنا وهناك إلا أن الإرهاب لم ينته حتى الآن
فكانت فكرتي التي بلورت هذا الموضوع عن هذه المؤتمرات العالية جداً وهي تتوعد محاربة الإرهاب بالتسويف المستقبلي بينما الإرهاب نفسه يتحدى تلك المكافحة بقوة دون خوف
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Ali Al Dulaimi
Global Terrorism
Cartoon Drawing
2017
About the Artwork
The image of global terrorism, which today controls all the facets of the world, is like a ghost that appears in every place and time, and has no specific features in the operations of carrying out its terrorist operations. High-quality global security conferences were held here and there, but terrorism has not ended yet.
The artist's idea that is reflected in this topic was about these very important conferences, and it vows to fight terrorism by procrastinating in the future, while terrorism itself is challenging that struggle forcefully without fear.
صورة الإرهاب العالمي الذي يسيطر اليوم على جميع مرافق وميادين العالم وكأنه شبح يظهر في كل مكان وزمان، ليس له ملامح معينة في عمليات تنفيذ عملياته الإرهابية
وعقدت مؤتمرات أمنية عالمية عالية الجودة هنا وهناك إلا أن الإرهاب لم ينته حتى الآن
فكانت فكرتي التي بلورت هذا الموضوع عن هذه المؤتمرات العالية جداً وهي تتوعد محاربة الإرهاب بالتسويف المستقبلي بينما الإرهاب نفسه يتحدى تلك المكافحة بقوة دون خوف
About the Artist
Ali Al Dulaimi was born in 1963 in Baghdad. He holds a BA from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Decoration and a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Arabic Calligraphy and Ornamentation as well as a certificate in the maintenance and treatment of artistic works from the Regional Center for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Arab Countries in Baghdad where he graduated in 1994.
He was appointed in the Fine Arts Department, Artistic Design Department, Arabic Calligraphy Division in 1980, then Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Al-Khattat", which was established in 2019.
He has practiced calligraphy, drawing, photography, design, writing art criticism and short stories, caricature drawing, drawing for children and journalism since the mid-seventies.
He won many awards like the third prize in the "Moayad Naama" caricature competition, which was organized by Al Sabah newspaper in 2006, the second prize in the "poster art competition" organized by the Ministry of Housing and Construction on the topic "Housing is an investment for generations" in 2008, third prize in the "Cultural Creativity Competition" held by the Integrity Commission in the field of caricature 2011.
He was honored with the Iraqi Creators Medal from the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and awarded the Creativity Award from the “Kahramana Art Association” to preserve the museum’s artworks in 2016. He received many certificates of appreciation, letters of thanks and other in-kind rewards for his effective participation.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Solidarity Demonstrations
Photography
2019
About the Artwork
This photo was taken at the start of the revolution in Iraq in 2019, when a group of Iraqi students from the University of Mosul joined the demonstrations to demand the rights for the killed protesters, such as compensation for their families and bringing the perpetrators to justice. Hundreds of protesters died in many cities all over the country.
هذه الصورة التقطت مع انطلاق الثورة في العراق في ١٩٩٩ حيث خرج مجموعة من الطلبة العراقيين في جامعة الموصل
للتضامن مع التظاهرات في العراق وكذلك للمطالبة بحقوق المتظاهرين القتلى مثل تعويض عائلاتهم الذين سقطوا في مدن عديدة في العراق
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Solidarity Demonstrations
Photography
2019
About the Artwork
This photo was taken at the start of the revolution in Iraq in 2019, when a group of Iraqi students from the University of Mosul joined the demonstrations to demand the rights for the killed protesters, such as compensation for their families and bringing the perpetrators to justice. Hundreds of protesters died in many cities all over the country.
هذه الصورة التقطت مع انطلاق الثورة في العراق في ١٩٩٩ حيث خرج مجموعة من الطلبة العراقيين في جامعة الموصل
للتضامن مع التظاهرات في العراق وكذلك للمطالبة بحقوق المتظاهرين القتلى مثل تعويض عائلاتهم الذين سقطوا في مدن عديدة في العراق
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Margin of Democracy
Caricature Drawing
2009
About the Artwork
The drawing mocks the expression “margin of democracy” and depicts the citizen walking on a narrow and predetermined margin while escaping from it will lead to an abyss.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Margin of Democracy
Caricature Drawing
2009
About the Artwork
The drawing mocks the expression “margin of democracy” and depicts the citizen walking on a narrow and predetermined margin while escaping from it will lead to an abyss.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Coffins & Cemetries
Photography
2018
About the Artwork
This picture is taken in the Kojou area in Sinjar, the city has a Yazidi majority. It shows the coffins belonging to Iraqi Yazidis who were killed by the extremist organization Islamic State (IS) when the terrorists entered a judiciary center and executed hundreds of Sinjar residents, now resting in special cemiteries for the Yazidis. Their burrial is a proof of the brutality of the extremist organization in Iraq and the world.
هذه الصورة في منطقة كوجو في سنجار، المدينة ذات الغالبية "اليزيدية" حيث يظهر في الصورة توابيت لعراقيين يزيدين قضوا على يد التنظيم المتطرف اثناء دخوله لمركز القضاء واعدام المئات من اهالي سنجار حيث تم تشييعهم بطريقة رمزية في المنطقة ودفنهم في مقابر خاصة لليزيدين ليكونوا شهداء على وحشية التنظيم المتطرف في العراق والعالم
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Coffins & Cemetries
Photography
2018
About the Artwork
This picture is taken in the Kojou area in Sinjar, the city has a Yazidi majority. It shows the coffins belonging to Iraqi Yazidis who were killed by the extremist organization Islamic State (IS) when the terrorists entered a judiciary center and executed hundreds of Sinjar residents, now resting in special cemiteries for the Yazidis. Their burrial is a proof of the brutality of the extremist organization in Iraq and the world.
هذه الصورة في منطقة كوجو في سنجار، المدينة ذات الغالبية "اليزيدية" حيث يظهر في الصورة توابيت لعراقيين يزيدين قضوا على يد التنظيم المتطرف اثناء دخوله لمركز القضاء واعدام المئات من اهالي سنجار حيث تم تشييعهم بطريقة رمزية في المنطقة ودفنهم في مقابر خاصة لليزيدين ليكونوا شهداء على وحشية التنظيم المتطرف في العراق والعالم
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
Women's Day
Photography
2014
About the Artwork
The photo represents a group of female activists and media figures, wearing mourning dresses on the occasion of Women's Day, in protest against a draft resolution submitted by Islamic parties authorizing the marriage of minors. This photo was some time before the outbreak of the October demonstrations 2014.
The demonstration on March 8, 2014 was held on Al-Mutanabi Street, which is one of the most famous streets of Baghdad and is dedicated to libraries and bookstores. It is an important meeting point for all the cultural and artistic communities. Female activists, media figures, poets and writers participated in the demonstration.
"It was a very touching sight to see these women wearing black on Women's Day amid sad music", says Hatif Farhan.
الصورة لمجموعة من الناشطات والاعلاميات وهن يرتدين ثوب الحداد بمناسبة عيد المرأة احتجاجا على مشروع قرار تقدمت به جهات اسلامية يجيز زواج القاصرات هذه الصورة كانت قبل فترة من اندلاع تظاهرات تشرين
التظاهرة بتاريخ 8 اذار 2014 واقيمت في شارع المتنبي وهو من أشهر شوارع بغداد ومخصص للمكتبات وبيع الكتب ويعتبر ملتقى مهم لكل الوسط الثقافي والفني. كان منظر مؤثر جدا بارتداء اللون الاسود في يوم عيد المرأة وسط موسيقى حزينة
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Hatif Farhan
Women's Day
Photography
2014
About the Artwork
The photo represents a group of female activists and media figures, wearing mourning dresses on the occasion of Women's Day, in protest against a draft resolution submitted by Islamic parties authorizing the marriage of minors. This photo was some time before the outbreak of the October demonstrations 2014.
The demonstration on March 8, 2014 was held on Al-Mutanabi Street, which is one of the most famous streets of Baghdad and is dedicated to libraries and bookstores. It is an important meeting point for all the cultural and artistic communities. Female activists, media figures, poets and writers participated in the demonstration.
"It was a very touching sight to see these women wearing black on Women's Day amid sad music", says Hatif Farhan.
الصورة لمجموعة من الناشطات والاعلاميات وهن يرتدين ثوب الحداد بمناسبة عيد المرأة احتجاجا على مشروع قرار تقدمت به جهات اسلامية يجيز زواج القاصرات هذه الصورة كانت قبل فترة من اندلاع تظاهرات تشرين
التظاهرة بتاريخ 8 اذار 2014 واقيمت في شارع المتنبي وهو من أشهر شوارع بغداد ومخصص للمكتبات وبيع الكتب ويعتبر ملتقى مهم لكل الوسط الثقافي والفني. كان منظر مؤثر جدا بارتداء اللون الاسود في يوم عيد المرأة وسط موسيقى حزينة
About the Artist
Hatif Farhan is a writer and photographer. He is also a member of the Iraqi Society of Photography.
He has a picture book entitled "The Women's Formation Movement in Iraq" and has participated in most exhibitions of the “Iraqi Society for Photography”.
He hosted a personal exhibition called "Street Life" at the National Theater Hall. He has pictures published in newspapers, magazines, websites and book covers, the most famous of which is the novel "Frankenstein" in Baghdad by the novelist Ahmed Al Saadawi, which won the Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction for Dar Al Jamal in Beirut.
His pictures are to be found as well on the novel “Killers” by Diaa Al Khalidi for Dar Al Tanweer Beirut, a book of poetry by Majid Al Haider in English, which was issued by the Kurdish Writers Union, and the book “Drummers of the Night” by Qasim Jbara issued by the Arab House of Science Publishers in Beirut.
He is also the winner of the Creativity Award in 2015 from the Oyoun Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artist’s page
Osama Sadiq
Cuneiform Murals
Graffiti Cuneiform Murals Artworks (Collage)
2019
About the Artwork
These murals represent words in Arabic written artistically into shapes:
The “Love” mural was painted during the 2019 protests against the political system in Iraq, the artist tried as much as possible to choose a word that summarizes what he saw during the protests: happiness, courage, sacrifice, decent life, homeland, peaceful coexistence, revolution, peace.
The largest “peace” word in the world by nail art on the roof of the Al Sinak garage, measuring (44 meters x 22 meters): this painting is dedicated to the world, the Iraqi people demonstrating peacefully for their legitimate rights, they demanded peace, they want a decent life. The artwork had the word “peace” in red because of the repression, killing and blood that the demonstrators faced. This work was accomplished in seven continuous hours. "We faced pressures and very difficult conditions in terms of the climatic environment, and the tense situation between the demonstrators and the riot forces who weren’t very far from us", he says.
The work shall convey a beautiful picture of Iraq and the civilization of Mesopotamia to the world, it demonstrates that Iraqi art continues to spread by Iraqi hands. Written in cuneiform art it was painted on the wall of the Iraqi School in Kuala Lumpur, Malysia.
About the Artist
Osama Sadiq, born in 1995 in Baghdad, Iraq.
He holds a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, specializing in graphic design. He is also a graffiti artist who created cuneiform art, which is a mixture of the past and the present.
In an easier way, it is Arabic letters, but in a cuneiform type. Each letter has its own shape, and the structure of the letters can be associated freely such as a single word or a group of letters.
His cuneiform murals are found in most areas of Baghdad, and they are self-voluntary works
All paintings carry a purposeful message.
The purpose of this art is to revive the ancient cuneiform writing in a new, modern and different artistic way. His goal is to convey cuneiform art to the whole world, and to open the first cuneiform exhibition.
He also has a cuneiform mural in Malaysia that he painted on the wall of the Iraqi School in the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Artist’s page
Osama Sadiq
Cuneiform Murals
Graffiti Cuneiform Murals Artworks (Collage)
2019
About the Artwork
These murals represent words in Arabic written artistically into shapes:
The “Love” mural was painted during the 2019 protests against the political system in Iraq, the artist tried as much as possible to choose a word that summarizes what he saw during the protests: happiness, courage, sacrifice, decent life, homeland, peaceful coexistence, revolution, peace.
The largest “peace” word in the world by nail art on the roof of the Al Sinak garage, measuring (44 meters x 22 meters): this painting is dedicated to the world, the Iraqi people demonstrating peacefully for their legitimate rights, they demanded peace, they want a decent life. The artwork had the word “peace” in red because of the repression, killing and blood that the demonstrators faced. This work was accomplished in seven continuous hours. "We faced pressures and very difficult conditions in terms of the climatic environment, and the tense situation between the demonstrators and the riot forces who weren’t very far from us", he says.
The work shall convey a beautiful picture of Iraq and the civilization of Mesopotamia to the world, it demonstrates that Iraqi art continues to spread by Iraqi hands. Written in cuneiform art it was painted on the wall of the Iraqi School in Kuala Lumpur, Malysia.
About the Artist
Osama Sadiq, born in 1995 in Baghdad, Iraq.
He holds a diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, specializing in graphic design. He is also a graffiti artist who created cuneiform art, which is a mixture of the past and the present.
In an easier way, it is Arabic letters, but in a cuneiform type. Each letter has its own shape, and the structure of the letters can be associated freely such as a single word or a group of letters.
His cuneiform murals are found in most areas of Baghdad, and they are self-voluntary works
All paintings carry a purposeful message.
The purpose of this art is to revive the ancient cuneiform writing in a new, modern and different artistic way. His goal is to convey cuneiform art to the whole world, and to open the first cuneiform exhibition.
He also has a cuneiform mural in Malaysia that he painted on the wall of the Iraqi School in the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
The Pistol
Cartoon
1997
About the Artwork
No comment ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Abdul Raheem Yassir
The Pistol
Cartoon
1997
About the Artwork
No comment ...
About the Artist
Abul Raheem Yassir is a Iraqi Artist, born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad in 1975, and from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1980.
He has published his paintings since 1970, where he has worked as a painter for children at "Majallati wal Mizmar" since 1971.
He participated in drawings for children, caricatures and graphics for many local and international magazines, including "Al Mutafarrej" and "Alf wa Baa", "Al Jumhuriya wa Al Nahda" newspapers in Iraq, "Al Sabah" newspaper, Dar Al Adab in Lebanon, Dar Al Manhal in Jordan, "Al Insani" magazine in Egypt, and “Al Quds Al Arabi” newspaper in London. he further wrote many books for children.
He participated in many art fairs, exhibitions of children's drawing and caricature inside and outside Iraq from 1974 to 2016. He also received local and international awards, including the Appreciation Award at the Palestine International Festival for writing and drawing the cartoon film "The Tree" in partnership with Raed Al Rawi in 1979. He won the frst prize at the Third World Arab and African Cartoon Exhibition in Cairo in 1990 and the Medal of the University of Della Calabria, Italy, in 2008.
The British Observer chose him as one of the top 10 participating artists at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The "Oyoun Foundation" nominated him as the best cartoonist for the year 2014.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Al-Farouq
Photography
2018
About the Artwork
This photo was taken in 2018, for the children of an Iraqi school in the old Mosul "Al Farouq", as it is the first year in which students return to school after being deprived of it for three years during the period of the Islamic State organization in Mosul. Despite the obvious effects of destruction on the area, the students' insistence to return to school was stronger, so they made their way through destroyed secondary roads in which there are war remnants and corpses.
التقطت هذه الصورة في عام 2018 لأطفال مدرسة عراقية في الموصل القديمة "الفاروق" حيث أنها السنة الاولى التي يعاود فيها الطلبة العودة الى مقاعد الدراسة بعد حرمانهم منها لثلاثة سنوات خلال فترة تنظيم الدولة الاسلامية على الموصل. ورغم اثار الدمار الواضحة على المنطقة الا ان اصرار الطلبة كان اقوى في سلك طرق فرعية مدمرة يوجد فيها مخلفات حربية وجثث
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Al-Farouq
Photography
2018
About the Artwork
This photo was taken in 2018, for the children of an Iraqi school in the old Mosul "Al Farouq", as it is the first year in which students return to school after being deprived of it for three years during the period of the Islamic State organization in Mosul. Despite the obvious effects of destruction on the area, the students' insistence to return to school was stronger, so they made their way through destroyed secondary roads in which there are war remnants and corpses.
التقطت هذه الصورة في عام 2018 لأطفال مدرسة عراقية في الموصل القديمة "الفاروق" حيث أنها السنة الاولى التي يعاود فيها الطلبة العودة الى مقاعد الدراسة بعد حرمانهم منها لثلاثة سنوات خلال فترة تنظيم الدولة الاسلامية على الموصل. ورغم اثار الدمار الواضحة على المنطقة الا ان اصرار الطلبة كان اقوى في سلك طرق فرعية مدمرة يوجد فيها مخلفات حربية وجثث
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Uncontrolled Weapon
Caricature Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The drawing raises awareness for the topic of “uncontrolled weapons”, that is weapons outside state control, for instance, in the hands of militias or gangs - a widespread phenomena in Iraq. The weapon displayed in the drawing escapes from the “state”, symbolized by the tree. While the weapon runs away from the authority of the state it is threatening both the sovereign state and the lives of its people.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Uncontrolled Weapon
Caricature Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The drawing raises awareness for the topic of “uncontrolled weapons”, that is weapons outside state control, for instance, in the hands of militias or gangs - a widespread phenomena in Iraq. The weapon displayed in the drawing escapes from the “state”, symbolized by the tree. While the weapon runs away from the authority of the state it is threatening both the sovereign state and the lives of its people.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Political Reforms
Caricature Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The drawing mocks the claim of political reform by the political parties, as they call for reform in public while opposing and undermining it implicitly.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Political Reforms
Caricature Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The drawing mocks the claim of political reform by the political parties, as they call for reform in public while opposing and undermining it implicitly.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Violence in Mosul
Photography
2019
About the Artwork
This picture was taken in 2019 in one of the destroyed old neighborhoods of Mosul, specifically the Al Sa’a area. The picture shows a man with his amputated leg as a result of the violent military operations that the region witnessed in the recent war against the terror group Islamic State (IS). The effects of destruction are still visible on both the environment and humans.
.The residents of the city of Mosul lived through the harshest and most severe days of siege, hunger and deprivation, as the IS killed many of them.
هذه الصورة التقطت عام 2019 في احدى احياء الموصل القديمة المدمرة وبالتحديد منطقة الساعة ويظهر في الصورة رجل مبتور الساق اليمنية جراء العمليات العسكرية العنيفة التي شهدتها المنطقة في الحرب الاخيرة ضد تنظيم الدولة الاسلامية ولاتزال اثار الدمار شاخصة على البنيان والانسان حيث دمار الانسان يتمثل ببتر الساق والدمار البنيوي الذي يمثل الانقاض والمخلفات الحربية. وعاش سكان مدينة الموصل أقسى واشد ايام حصار وجوع وحرمان حيث قضى الكثير منهم بأسلحة التنظيم المتطرف
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Violence in Mosul
Photography
2019
About the Artwork
This picture was taken in 2019 in one of the destroyed old neighborhoods of Mosul, specifically the Al Sa’a area. The picture shows a man with his amputated leg as a result of the violent military operations that the region witnessed in the recent war against the terror group Islamic State (IS). The effects of destruction are still visible on both the environment and humans.
.The residents of the city of Mosul lived through the harshest and most severe days of siege, hunger and deprivation, as the IS killed many of them.
هذه الصورة التقطت عام 2019 في احدى احياء الموصل القديمة المدمرة وبالتحديد منطقة الساعة ويظهر في الصورة رجل مبتور الساق اليمنية جراء العمليات العسكرية العنيفة التي شهدتها المنطقة في الحرب الاخيرة ضد تنظيم الدولة الاسلامية ولاتزال اثار الدمار شاخصة على البنيان والانسان حيث دمار الانسان يتمثل ببتر الساق والدمار البنيوي الذي يمثل الانقاض والمخلفات الحربية. وعاش سكان مدينة الموصل أقسى واشد ايام حصار وجوع وحرمان حيث قضى الكثير منهم بأسلحة التنظيم المتطرف
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Destruction
Photography
2017
About the Artwork
This photo was taken in mid-2017 in old Mosul in the “Bab Jadid” area. This family was one of the first to return to their home after the city was liberated. The mother stands in the middle of the destroyed house garden, having lost two of her children as a result of the recent war.
The first was with a mortar, which the terror organization Islamic State (IS) fired at the families; while her second daughter died as a result of starvation, when they were trapped for many days inside the house without food or water. The child was killed by starvation as a result of the siege imposed on them.
التقطت هذه الصورة في اواسط عام 2017 في الموصل القديمة في منطقة باب جديد، حيث كانت هذه العائلة من اوائل العوائل العائدة الى منازلها بعد عمليات التحرير وتقف الام وسط حديقة المنزل المدمرة والتي فقدت اثنان من اطفالها نتيجة الحرب الأخيرة. الاولى بسلاح هاون أطلقه التنظيم على العوائل الامنة ففقدت بنتها ام الاخرى توفيت نتيجة الجوع حيث حوصروا لأيام عديدة داخل المنزل دون مأكل او مشرب فقد قضى على الطفلة بالجوع نتيجة الحصار المفروض عليهم
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Destruction
Photography
2017
About the Artwork
This photo was taken in mid-2017 in old Mosul in the “Bab Jadid” area. This family was one of the first to return to their home after the city was liberated. The mother stands in the middle of the destroyed house garden, having lost two of her children as a result of the recent war.
The first was with a mortar, which the terror organization Islamic State (IS) fired at the families; while her second daughter died as a result of starvation, when they were trapped for many days inside the house without food or water. The child was killed by starvation as a result of the siege imposed on them.
التقطت هذه الصورة في اواسط عام 2017 في الموصل القديمة في منطقة باب جديد، حيث كانت هذه العائلة من اوائل العوائل العائدة الى منازلها بعد عمليات التحرير وتقف الام وسط حديقة المنزل المدمرة والتي فقدت اثنان من اطفالها نتيجة الحرب الأخيرة. الاولى بسلاح هاون أطلقه التنظيم على العوائل الامنة ففقدت بنتها ام الاخرى توفيت نتيجة الجوع حيث حوصروا لأيام عديدة داخل المنزل دون مأكل او مشرب فقد قضى على الطفلة بالجوع نتيجة الحصار المفروض عليهم
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Scorpions of time
Caricature Drawing
2016
About the Artwork
A cartoon based on optimism that the "scorpions of time" are capable of removing the "chairs" that have tempered and controlled our present time.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Khudair Alhimyari
Scorpions of time
Caricature Drawing
2016
About the Artwork
A cartoon based on optimism that the "scorpions of time" are capable of removing the "chairs" that have tempered and controlled our present time.
About the Artist
Khudair Al Humairi, born in 1955 in Babylon, Iraq, holds a Master's degree in economics from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Baghdad. He worked as a cartoonist for the “Alef Baa” magazine from 1979 until 2003.
He published his cartoons in most Iraqi newspapers and magazines, and in a number of Arab newspapers.
A caricature book was published by him entitled "Cari ... Cature", it included a collection of his cartoons, which were published in “Alef Baa” magazine previously.
He contributed with a group of journalists and illustrators in the late eighties to the publication of "Al Falaqa" newspaper, a sarcastic caricature supplement to Al Ittihad newspaper of Baghdad.
He edited the “Brush of Friends" page in “Alef Baa” magazine for several years, a page dedicated to encouraging new talents in the arts of drawing.
He participated in most of the local cartoon exhibitions in Iraq since 1979 and in a number of international caricature exhibitions in Japan, Belgium, France, Cuba, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen.
He won an appreciation medal from the Caricature Olympiad, which was held by the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" in 1986 and won the Appreciation Prize in the exhibition "Man and the Ocean" in Russia in 1991.
He was chosen as the best Iraqi cartoonist of the year 1992 by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was granted the "Creativity Shield" by the General Union of Writers in Iraq in August 2010.
He further held a personal exhibition entitled "Chairs" at “Dukanat Roya” in 2019.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Khan Al-Kamruk
Photography
2018
About the Artwork
The photo of Khan al-Kamruk, one of the old Mosul khans, was taken in 2018, and it shows the great destruction that afflicted the place as a result of the military operations in the area, as well as the destruction of a part of the historical Al Aghaat mosque, which constitutes one of the symbols of Islam in the city, where the terror organization Islamic State (IS) deliberately booby trapped the mosque to prevent the entry of Iraqi forces liberating the city.
التقطت الصورة في عام 2018 لخان الكمرك أحد خانات الموصل القديمة ويظهر الدمار الكبير الذي اصاب المكان نتيجة العمليات العسكرية على المنطقة وايضا دمار جزء من جامع الاغوات التاريخي الذي يشكل احدى رموز الاسلام في المدينة حيث عمد التنظيم على تفخيخ الجامع لمنع دخول القوات العراقية اليه وأيضا ليكون فخ للقوات المحررة
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page
Zaid Al Obayde
Khan Al-Kamruk
Photography
2018
About the Artwork
The photo of Khan al-Kamruk, one of the old Mosul khans, was taken in 2018, and it shows the great destruction that afflicted the place as a result of the military operations in the area, as well as the destruction of a part of the historical Al Aghaat mosque, which constitutes one of the symbols of Islam in the city, where the terror organization Islamic State (IS) deliberately booby trapped the mosque to prevent the entry of Iraqi forces liberating the city.
التقطت الصورة في عام 2018 لخان الكمرك أحد خانات الموصل القديمة ويظهر الدمار الكبير الذي اصاب المكان نتيجة العمليات العسكرية على المنطقة وايضا دمار جزء من جامع الاغوات التاريخي الذي يشكل احدى رموز الاسلام في المدينة حيث عمد التنظيم على تفخيخ الجامع لمنع دخول القوات العراقية اليه وأيضا ليكون فخ للقوات المحررة
About the Artist
Photographer Zaid Al Obayde was born in 1991 in Iraq, Mosul. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, at the University of Mosul.
Artist’s page