At Large  November 30, 2021  Art & Object Staff

The Best Art Stories from Sekka Magazine - November 2021

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Bibi Maryam Mausoleum, photo by Alfred Weidinger

Art & Object has partnered with Sekka Magazine to share their amazing art coverage. Founded in 2017 by Manar and Sharifah Alhinai, Sekka is an online arts and culture platform that highlights remarkable stories from around the Arab world. Sekka's mission is to reclaim "the narrative about the Arab World and specifically the Gulf Arab States, in international media, by providing [their] global audience with an authentic insight and guide to one of the most important and misunderstood regions in the world, narrated by the people who are from there." Sekka works with journalists across the Arab world, and ninety percent of the content creators in Sekka Magazine are Arab women. 

Each month, Art & Object is highlighting Sekka's best art stories. Our hope is that our readers come away from these stories more knowledgeable about this culturally rich part of the world but also are able to emotionally connect with art and artists that they might not otherwise have been exposed to.

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Image courtesy of Qasr Al Watan via Sekka Magazine
9 of the Arab World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

 

The architectural beauty in the Arab world is not limited to its grand mosques or glimmering glass buildings. The region’s texts of its rich culture and history can only inhabit buildings of equal grandeur. More than a place with flickering lights and to hold a cram session before the big final, here are nine of the most beautiful libraries of the Arab world, many filled with as much history as they have books...

 

Image: The Qasr Al Watan Library
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