Khalid Abdel Rahman: “Nothing is insignificant, nothing is ordinary”

Khalid Abdel Rahman is a fine artist based in Khartoum, Sudan. According to The Arts Council of New Orleans, who hosted last summer the exhibition A Disappearance, he « has a highly distinctive signature style of abstract architectural scenes of middle class neighborhoods in Khartoum. Documenting a middle class that is slowly disappearing due to either working with the government or leaving the country searching for … Continuer de lire Khalid Abdel Rahman: “Nothing is insignificant, nothing is ordinary”

Is Arabic more than just a language?

by Hervé Pugi. Five times a day, the Adhan resounds in the entire Muslim world. Across the globe, it is in Arabic that the muezzin announces the immutable call to prayer. For the worshippers, Arabic is a sacred language but between the words of the Koran pronounced in the mosques and the language in the streets of the Middle East and North Africa, there is … Continuer de lire Is Arabic more than just a language?