Art of the Middle East
Featured Work
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Zavitan fall Golan height by Moshe Cohen
The Yahudia nature reserve is the largest on Golan height. / It has 2 streams: / 1. Yahudia stream / 2. Zavitan stream.
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Fish Sandwich by Keryn Alexander
Famous fish sandwich street sellers in Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey
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Religious Ceremony by Mohsen Bayramnejad
Location: Tabriz, the mozafarieh bazaar, Iran / copyright by Mohsen Bayramnejad Photographed this two years ago, these days… but just find it today… and will show it in 2 group exhibitions next week! my friends call me “the most disorderly photographer ever!” Update: / - Featured in Candid Photography Group / - Featured in Art of the Middle East Group
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Spring is coming soon by orna
Watercolor painting. / The picture is based on the image Spring is coming soon taken by my husband. The image was taken near Bet Shemesh Israel. / “Bet Shemesh” means the house of the sun in Hebrew. You can see the contrary between the colourful flowers symbolizing spring and the gray naked trees symbolizing winter. / Or in more abstract way the contrary between life and blossom and death and withering. Card category fine art.
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Purim (5) by JudyBJ
Shot in Tel Aviv ,today /
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Oasis by David Clark
A herd of camels with a group of newborns in the empty quarter sand dune desert, United Arab Emirates.
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The optimist by JudyBJ
Shot today on the streets of Tel Aviv /
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School is out in Konya-Karatay by Jens Helmstedt
When I walked once more in the old quartier Karatay, located in the middleanatolian city of Konya (Turkey), more and more pupils with their blue schooldress followed me in the streets, so the sleepy neighborhood woke up by the loud shouting of the kids. When I stopped to make this photo, everybody wanted to be in the first row. It was a lovely noontime hour with them. © Photo by Jens Helmstedt / Editorial Use License @ Related images: / Greeting Cards and Wall Art Prints for Sale Featured in Art of the Middle East
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Hanukkkah prayer by Moshe Cohen
Hanukkah , also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: “guard” or “servant”) is also lit each night, and is given a distinct location, usually higher or lower than the others. The purpose of the extra light is to adhere to the prohibition, specified in the Talmud (Tracate Shabbat 21b–23a), against using the Hanukkah lights for anything other than publicizing and meditating on the Hanukkah story. (The shamash is used to light the other lights.) As such, if one were to read from the lights—something prohibited—then it is not clear whether the light one is reading from was from the Hanukkah lights or the shamash light. So the shamash acts as a safeguard from accidental transgression. The image was shot on the 8 night of Hanukkah December 28 2008 in Jerusalem. Similar images: /
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The Dhow Packer 1201 by MikeDL
Part of my portrait series on the Dhow Workers in Dubai, U.A.E.
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Kom-Ombo by Roddy Atkinson
Located in the town of Kom-Ombo, about 28 miles north of Aswan, the Temple, dating to the Ptolemies, is built on a high dune overlooking the Nile. The temple is atypical because everything is perfectly symmetrical along the main axis. / Kom-Ombo, Egypt Oct.2008
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Arabia by shakoora2
Arabia scene from an old print from Egypt.
Recent Work
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HAMSA - THE HAND OF GOD by fashionforlove
Symbols: / They are many paths to the Light ! They are often represented by symbols. / These are tools, codes, power and magic. All in one. / Use your symbol ! A world of symbols. Celebrating diversity.
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ONENESS by fashionforlove
Symbols: / They are many paths to the Light ! They are often represented by symbols. / These are tools, codes, power and magic. All in one. / Use your symbol ! A world of symbols. Celebrating diversity.
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Call to Prayer by Freelancer
Small mosque in Abu Dhabi… / Photograph was altered in Photoshop / /Canon 400D/ /
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Giraffes @ Riyadh Zoo by Waseef Akhtar
“God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things.” - Pablo Picasso
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Lady in Karachi by MikeDL
I was escorted through Karachi by a driver, who refused to let me out of the car for safety reasons. This photo was snapped while moving along a desolate road. It remains one of my personal favourites, capturing something of the raw, desolate essence of how I experienced my short visit to Pakistan. Many may not like it, but please let me know if you see something in this picture that also moves you.
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The Typing Office 0101 by MikeDL
An old Typing Office in Dubai, UAE.
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In The Twilight by Tony Elieh
Location: Faraya Lebanon
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Pride in Tel Aviv 3 by MichaelBr
Pride parade in Tel Aviv
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Pride in Jerusalem 2 by MichaelBr
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are hardly 60 km apart but couldn’t have been more different did they reside on two different planets. Two weeks after the Tel Aviv pride parade the Jerusalem one took place today. After years of persecution this years parade took place without progress from orthodox groups and was a happy event. It was much smaller and less boisterous than its bigger brother in Tel Aviv. It was however as meaningful, if not more, for the local gay community and the for all liberals in Jerusalem.
About This Group
Photographs, artwork, journals, clothing and writing concerning the cultures, traditions, places and events in the Middle East. It is a platform and a tool for appreciating Middle East ethnicities, cultures and traditions, a means to bring together points of view and art of the Middle East. The countries and people in the Middle East are rich with deep traditions, amazing art, and incredible vistas. Submit your art work that shows the beauty of humanity, art that has no boundaries, political affiliation or hate.
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All proceeds benefit the The Peres Center for Peace which promotes peace and cooperation between all people and nations in the Middle East and was suggested by most of the members in the group.
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