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A beautiful work of art from the protests today in Iran, by Iranian artist Golrokh Nafisi

It reads “Woman, Life, Freedom” - one of the slogans of the protests - in Persian, Kurdish, and Arabic

The women marching on the streets of Iran inspire not only crowds but artists around the world

A few works of art inspired by the Iranian protests in recent days

Follow Iranian Pop Art for more: https://t.co/7J061mliRP

The Eranshahr project has this fascinating and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of mythical creatures from across the Iranic world. Check it out!

"1001 Mythical Creatures of Iranian Cultures and Beyond":

https://t.co/OeqFrB2HMl

In "Dreams before Extinction," Iranian painter Naeemeh Naeemaei beautifully depicts humanity's connection to the animal world.

Drawing on spiritual metaphor, she depicts Iran's endangered and extinct species - and what we lose when they disappear:

https://t.co/n2ECsUaCD6

3D Reconstruction of the Mashhad of Yahya ibn al-Qasim, a historic shrine in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by ISIS in 2014.

Situated on the banks of the Tigris river, this beautiful shrine dated back to the 1200s.

You can view it in Virtual Reality here: https://t.co/hvFVzXDml2

Beautiful drawings and reflections on home, citizenship, and Kuwait, by Zahra Marwan:

"Sometimes I’m in disbelief that I was born without a country, that living 8,000 miles away from my roots was the way it had to be."

Read / see more: https://t.co/BRu222Yede

Remember baby Jesus, child of Middle Eastern refugees.
Remember baby Jesus, son of exiles forced to flee persecution in their homeland.
Remember Jesus, champion of the poor.
Remember the refugees, mistreated in every country they flee to.
Image by artist Judith Mehr.

Paintings of Middle Eastern cityscapes, from Aden to Sanaa to Kuwait and beyond.

As depicted by Yemeni artist Abdulla Alameen, a native of Aden.

And yet, if you grow up in CA or visit missions as a tourist, you'll just see them as pretty old buildings, a cute part of CA heritage sitting at the center of every major town up and down the coast

Kind of like how plantations are romanticized in the South

Among the painters are Ali Asghar Petgar, Ali Akbar Yaseni, Reza Shahabi, Arshag, Mostafa Najmi, and Reza Salimi.