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From grease stains to gallery walls: Karachi mechanic’s journey into surrealism video

From grease stains to gallery walls: Karachi mechanic’s journey into surrealism

  • Chance encounter with painter Shahid Rassam turned young mechanic’s hidden sketches into beginning of professional art career
  • Once repairing engines, Behzad Ahmed Warsi now paints surreal visions of war and emotion displayed in galleries worldwide
By NAIMAT KHAN ·
Uncovering hidden meanings with Saudi artist Lulwah Al Homoud

Uncovering hidden meanings with Saudi artist Lulwah Al Homoud

By Dalal Awienat ·
Special Pakistani artist develops unique Urdu script to tell stories of the marginalized video

Pakistani artist develops unique Urdu script to tell stories of the marginalized

By Yusra Jabeen ·
Meet Abdelrahman Mohammed: The artist behind Metro Boomin’s Egyptian concert poster

Meet Abdelrahman Mohammed: The artist behind Metro Boomin’s Egyptian concert poster

By Dalal Awienat ·
Abha artist draws inspiration from Najdi culture

Abha artist draws inspiration from Najdi culture

By Sulafa Alkhunaizi ·
Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

By AP ·
Photo of Egyptian artist in frail health shocks fans

Photo of Egyptian artist in frail health shocks fans

By Gobran Mohamed ·
Special Tough Karachi cop, expert in Lyari gang wars, turns to art for respite video

Tough Karachi cop, expert in Lyari gang wars, turns to art for respite

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
Special Veteran billboard painter in Karachi is the last keeper of a fading movie art video

Veteran billboard painter in Karachi is the last keeper of a fading movie art

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
Arab-American artists: Dahlia Elsayed talks color & Hermès, New York City public commissions

Arab-American artists: Dahlia Elsayed talks color & Hermès, New York City public commissions

By Rawaa Talass ·
Special Pakistani artist who draws portraits of Arab leaders wants to prove disability not a burden video

Pakistani artist who draws portraits of Arab leaders wants to prove disability not a burden

By Fatimah Amjad ·
Meet Alfred Tarazi — the artist carrying ‘the weight of Lebanon’s history’ 

Meet Alfred Tarazi — the artist carrying ‘the weight of Lebanon’s history’ 

By Rebecca Anne Proctor ·
Special For ‘little artist’ in Pakistan’s Mardan, there’s only one subject: ‘grief of the oppressed’ video

For ‘little artist’ in Pakistan’s Mardan, there’s only one subject: ‘grief of the oppressed’

By WASIM SAJJAD ·

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