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How does our Khaleeji culture inspire Ahmed Al-Refaie's digital art? And how did he represent folklore legends such as Umm al-Saaf Wal Leef and Bu Deryah creatively in his work?

Meet him in our Folklore issue: https://t.co/cTbvGR30Q0

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2021-05-04

Arab elves. That's it, that's the whole jam.
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Old tribal arab/khaleeji inspired character concepts I did for a client a while back.

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2020-08-19

I was floored by this genius piece by made for 's "Breaking Khaleeji Cultural Myth" exhibit. It represents the passing down of social complexes, shown as literal knots (عُقَدْ), from father to son during this here all too familiar moment:

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2019-04-21

Illustrated characters for the Khaleeji Dating app "Ya Ghalli"

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2018-01-09

drag queens got nothing on khaleeji girls makeup in the early 2000's

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2017-07-31

wow at is stunning all the woozy disorientation of the Khaleeji mall w/out easy kitsch

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2016-07-30