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The Conflicting Transformations of the City in the Photographs of Contemporary Moroccan Artist Yto Barrada
Uniconflicts 113 09 The conflicting transformations of the city in the photographs of contemporary Moroccan artist Yto Barrada Chourouq Nasri University Mohammed 1, Oujda, Morocco e-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Yto Barrada is a contemporary female Moroccan artist who uses photography to criticize the government policies concerning the city and its inhabitants. Her focus is on her hometown, Tangier, which she transforms into a series of pictures and forces us to perceive in a new way. In her photographs, Tangier is illustrated as a closed city, full of boundaries and walls. Its massive concrete buildings are similar and faceless; its new architecture is soulless and its urban development projects do not take into consideration the real needs of the community. In this chapter, I explore the way Barrada reflects on public space and the city in her photographs. Barrada’s work also includes films, publications, installations and sculptures, but my focus in this paper is on her photographs. Yto Barrada works with pictures and I work with words to engage in a debate concerned with urbanism and the city in Morocco. 114 Moroccan artist Yto Barrada There has always been a close link between art and architec- ture, especially in the early part of the twentieth century. City photography goes back to the beginning of the last century with photographers such as Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott and Eugène Atget. In Cities and Photography, Jane Tormey explains how “photographic representations translate the city for us and con- tribute to how we conceive it, as they visualize changing attitudes to the world and ourselves” (xiv). -
25Th Anniversary
25th Anniversary Montblanc de la Culture 25th Anniversary Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award Arts Patronage Montblanc de la Culture 25th Anniversary Arts Patronage Award 1992 25th Anniversary Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award 2016 Anniversary 2016 CONTENT MONTBLANC DE LA CULTURE ARTS PATRONAGE AWARD 25th Anniversary — Preface 04 / 05 The Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award 06 / 09 Red Carpet Moments 10 / 11 25 YEARS OF PATRONAGE Patron of Arts — 2016 Peggy Guggenheim 12 / 23 2015 Luciano Pavarotti 24 / 33 2014 Henry E. Steinway 34 / 43 2013 Ludovico Sforza – Duke of Milan 44 / 53 2012 Joseph II 54 / 63 2011 Gaius Maecenas 64 / 73 2010 Elizabeth I 74 / 83 2009 Max von Oppenheim 84 / 93 2 2008 François I 94 / 103 3 2007 Alexander von Humboldt 104 / 113 2006 Sir Henry Tate 114 / 123 2005 Pope Julius II 124 / 133 2004 J. Pierpont Morgan 134 / 143 2003 Nicolaus Copernicus 144 / 153 2002 Andrew Carnegie 154 / 163 2001 Marquise de Pompadour 164 / 173 2000 Karl der Grosse, Hommage à Charlemagne 174 / 183 1999 Friedrich II the Great 184 / 193 1998 Alexander the Great 194 / 203 1997 Peter I the Great and Catherine II the Great 204 / 217 1996 Semiramis 218 / 227 1995 The Prince Regent 228 / 235 1994 Louis XIV 236 / 243 1993 Octavian 244 / 251 1992 Lorenzo de Medici 252 / 259 IMPRINT — Imprint 260 / 264 Content Anniversary Preface 2016 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Montblanc Cultural Foundation: an occasion to acknowledge considerable achievements, while recognising the challenges that lie ahead. Since its inception in 1992, through its various yet interrelated programmes, the Foundation continues to appreciate the significant role that art can play in instigating key shifts, and at times, ruptures, in our perception of and engagement with the cultural, social and political conditions of our times. -
7Th Abu Dhabi-Singapore Joint Forum Continues to Provide Platform for Strengthening of Bilateral Ties Relationship Sees Progre
7th Abu Dhabi-Singapore Joint Forum Continues to Provide Platform for Strengthening of Bilateral Ties Relationship Sees Progress in Key Areas of Collaboration MR No.: 047/13 Singapore, 26 November 2013 – The 7th Abu Dhabi-Singapore Joint Forum (ADSJF) was held in Singapore today under the co-chairmanship of Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry and National Development, and His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi. The Forum, jointly organised by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority (EAA) convened approximately 60 government and business representatives from both Abu Dhabi and Singapore, reflects the ongoing and effective growth in the bilateral relationship between the two governments. Said Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Singapore Co-Chair of the ADSJF and Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry and National Development, “The Abu Dhabi-Singapore Joint Forum has achieved much since 2007. The number of Singapore companies in the UAE has risen from 90 to 130. These companies have made significant investments in the UAE as well. For instance, Sembcorp recently invested US$80 million to expand its sea desalination capacity in the UAE. We look forward to continuing our close cooperation in the future. Said H.E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Co-Chair of the ADSJF and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, “We have been convening these meetings for many years now, and a lot has been achieved in that time - in areas as diverse as transportation, urban development, technology and the energy sector. -
Premier League, 2018–2019
Premier League, 2018–2019 “The Premier League is one of the most difficult in the world. There's five, six, or seven clubs that can be the champions. Only one can win, and all the others are disappointed and live in the middle of disaster.” —Jurgen Klopp Hello Delegates! My name is Matthew McDermut and I will be directing the Premier League during WUMUNS 2018. I grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, a town not far from New York City. I am currently in my junior year at Washington University, where I am studying psychology within the pre-med track. This is my third year involved in Model UN at college and my first time directing. Ever since I was a kid I have been a huge soccer fan; I’ve often dreamed of coaching a real Premier League team someday. I cannot wait to see how this committee plays out. In this committee, each of you will be taking the helm of an English Football team at the beginning of the 2018-2019 season. Your mission is simple: climb to the top of the world’s most prestigious football league, managing cutthroat competition on and off the pitch, all while debating pressing topics that face the Premier League today. Some of the main issues you will be discussing are player and fan safety, competition with the world’s other top leagues, new rules and regulations, and many more. If you have any questions regarding how the committee will run or how to prepare feel free to email me at [email protected]. -
Es Portraits As Gifts for Strangers at Cafe
TODAY IN 532 1788 1817 1871 HISTORY Nika uprising against Emperor First elements of the First Fleet José de San Martín leads a rev- Second German Empire pro - Justinian in Constantinople fails, carrying 736 convicts from Eng- olutionary army over the claimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the land to Australia arrives at Botany Andes to attack Spanish Otto von Bismarck Emperor in the Hippodrome Bay to set up a penal colony royalists in Chile among some of the most influen- rejected in early 2012. tial young cultural players in the It wasn’t until she moved to Middle East, the wider Muslim London a couple of years ago Nour Hage’s Zero One col- world, and beyond. that she decided to switch to lection takes clothes tra- In September, for example, When I was designing menswear. Emmy-winning British actor the collection, I was “I wanted to rebrand com - ditionally associated with and rapper Riz Ahmed was on thinking about who pletely,” she says. “I felt the need the Middle East — abayas, the cover of GQ in the UK. On my target audience to bring out Arab culture and thobes, et cetera — and the inside pages he was pictured is. The brand is about the traditional clothing that I wearing two items from Hage’s think is beautiful, but was over- gives them a distinct and collection; an abaya and Satra expressing pride in looked in the last few decades. (a jacket inspired by traditional Arab culture and There’s something really proud contemporary feel Levantine wrapped coats). -
Naser Hassan AI-Rifaei
The Principle of Movement in Moroccan Design; as a source of inspiration for contemporary artistic applications Practice-based research in Art and Design Naser Hassan AI-Rifaei A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Brighton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy March 2009 University of Brighton Abstract This project focuses on utilizing the principle of movement contained in traditional Moroccan design (PMMD) for the production of new and inventive artworks. The PMMD is one of the main concepts that rules the creation and construction of design elements; it consists of a group of advanced technical procedures applied to achieve the highest levels of unity, harmony, variation and rhythm between lines and shapes. Great consideration in the PMMD is given to the viewer's perception, as all parts are formed to be equally interesting and to work harmoniously together suggesting ways for the viewer's eye to interact with and move in and throughout the composition. The purpose of this research is to examine viable methods for stimulating new ideas by taking the aesthetic and technical significances of the PMMD as a source of creative inspiration. The work involved analyzing the relationship between form, method and perception in traditional compositions by exploring the role of PMMD in 1) the process of creating and shaping design elements separately, 2) methods of relating the lines and shapes of different design components. Data on PMMD was collected from recent literature on Islamic art and Moroccan design, from interviews with master-craftsmen, and from my personal analyses and observations. -
SECULARISM NARRATIVES and ARAB AMERICAN FICTION a Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell Univer
SECULARISM NARRATIVES AND ARAB AMERICAN FICTION A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Danielle Aberle Haque May 2014 © 2014 Danielle Aberle Haque SECULARISM NARRATIVES AND ARAB AMERICAN FICTION Danielle Haque, PhD Cornell University 2014 “Secularism Narratives and Arab American Fiction” focuses on contemporary fiction’s challenge to the liberal political construction of minority religious practices and community life as incompatible with modernity, progress, and secularism. U.S. secularism is not simply the absence of religion from the public sphere, but is underwritten by a particularly U.S. Protestant conception of religion that has historically shaped assumptions about what it means to be both religious and secular in the United States. Looking to Mohja Kahf, Rabih Alameddine, Ninar Esber, Mouir Fatmi, and Hasan Elahi, I explore immigrant narratives that work outside religious/secular binaries; rather than operating unequivocally within the terms of religious categorizations, contemporary writers often recast those terms and respond to the secularism narrative by scrambling the terms of the religious/secular binary through lived, embodied religious experience. These works dispute the dominant United States narrative of secularism and its claim to be universal and progressive; rather, they reveal how prohibitory secularism enforces an exclusionary citizenry through racialized immigration policies, Islamaphobic political rhetoric and popular culture, and the promotion of specific economic forms and ideologies worldwide. I argue that secularism is entangled with global ideologies of human rights, but also with the particularly United States legal discourses of privacy and property. -
Mohammed Fairouz: an Appreciation by Rick Schultz
Artist Biographies & Liner Notes “Zabur” Indianapolis Symphonic Choir Mohammed Fairouz: An Appreciation by Rick Schultz Zabur is Mohammed Fairouz's first oratorio, a genre for large orchestra, choir and soloists going back centuries. Such rich musical soil allows Fairouz to create a sacred dialogue -- a dialogue not just between characters, but also between the artist and his listeners. From its powerful choral opening, Zabur doesn't let up, placing us directly into a theater of war where a city is under siege. Like one of his literary predecessors, English poet William Blake, Fairouz rages against those "who would if they could, for ever depress Mental & prolong Corporeal War." Fairouz, an Emirati-American composer, once characterized himself as a "creature of the desert," referring to his deep Middle Eastern roots. Dry desert winds often drift across his emotionally resonant musical landscapes. But Fairouz, one of our country's most essential storytellers, isn't out to lecture anyone. His mission, if he has one, is to beautify the world -- to create art as a counterforce to dehumanization, as a bridge to our universal past. One of Fairouz's most aching and ravishing scores, Zabur conjures a timeless world in song settings of epic grandeur and shattering intimacy. Like his Symphony No. 3 ("Poems and Prayers"), Zabur becomes an enticement to feel. By revealing our shared emotions and experiences, Fairouz allows us to recharge our humanity amid a surfeit of numbing images of disaster and atrocity. At the conclusion of "Poems and Prayers," Fairouz sets Yehuda Amichai's poem "Memorial Day for the War Dead," in which the poet hopes that behind so much sorrow, "some great happiness is hiding." Paradoxically, what makes Zabur such a compelling war requiem is its optimism. -
Dollars and Decadence Making Sense of the US-UAE Relationship
Dollars and Decadence Making Sense of the US-UAE Relationship Colin Powers April 2021 Noria Research Noria Research is an independent and non-profit research organization with roots in academia. Our primary mandates are to translate data gathered on the ground into original analyses, and to leverage our research for the purpose of informing policy debates and engaging wider audiences. It is our institutional belief that political crises cannot be understood without a deep grasp for the dynamics on the ground. This is why we are doctrinally committed to field-based research. Cognizant that knowledge ought to benefit society, we also pledge to positively impact civil society organizations, policymakers, and the general public. Created in Paris in 2011, Noria’s research operations now cover the Americas, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Licence Noria Research encourages the use and dissemination of this publication. Under the cc-by-nc-nd licence, you are free to share copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Under the following terms, you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. Disclaimer The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the position of Noria Research. Author: Colin Powers Program Director: Robin Beaumont Program Editor: Xavier Guignard Graphic Design: Romain Lamy & Valentin Bigel Dollars and Decadence Making Sense of the US-UAE Relationship Colin Powers April 2021 About Middle East and North Africa Program Our research efforts are oriented by the counter-revolution that swept the Middle East and North Africa in the aftermath of 2011. -
Pirates' $10 Million Haul U
JEMPHISir A BILLBOARD SPOTLIGHT r-r^'TTR c `r SECTION COIN MACHINE MARCH 29, 1969 $1.00 PAGES TWO SECTIONS SECTION I 49 TO 54 The A/o r'3 International Music -Record Newsweekly GRT in 1 -Fold Pirates' $10 Million Haul U. S. Car Mart By BRUCE WEBER LOS ANGELES Contract With - Music sales manager of Robbins, Feist, strument representatives for publishers are losing more than Miller. counterfeit product. Breakthrough $10 million a year to illegal The forged music "The worst offenders book and books, often are or- sheet music counter- peddled by traveling gan teachers, professional feiters. salesmen mu- Gamble & Huff or sold under-the-counter at mu- sic studios and musical instru- "Sheet and book music pi- For sic stores, sell in a loose-leaf ment jobbers," said Steiger. "We Cassettes By rates have been active MIKE GROSS for 30 binder for $15-$25 for 1,000 (The Big Three) prosecute every years because copyright laws By HANK FOX are songs, most of which are case our investigators NEW YORK GRT fur- not severe incom- uncover." - enough to halt the plete. The Big The Big ther solidified its foothold in the Three, which pub- Three sells product NEW YORK-The cassette practice," said Herman Steiger, lishes about (Continued recording field by wrapping up 52 hardbound folios on page 15) system will establish a beach- a year, sells its head in a deal with independent pro- books for $1.50- the U. S. automobile $3.95 for 15 IIII I IIII I Ildl I I I IIIIII1mINIIIIIIIII market this to IIIII I I I I I I I I I I 30 I summer when ducers Gamble and Huff that complete III I11111111IIIIIIIIIIOIIIIII111 Mer- songs. -
Chorale Fantasy.MUS
MOHAMMED FAIROUZ CHORALE FANTASY for String Quartet MOHAMMED FAIROUZ CHORALE FANTASY for String Quartet Chorale Fantasy was written in response to the Borromeo String Quartet’s initiative to com- mission a set of chorale preludes. This short work lives in the world between maqam (Arabic modes) and gentle counterpoint. It opens with a short introduction leading to a violin line with unheard lyrics against an insisting drone. It then conspires into a whirling dance reaching a vocal climax and returns at the end to the gentleness of the opening. All of the parts of Chorale Fantasy are written within the singing range of the human voice. The work is affectionately dedicated to the Borromeo Quartet. —Mohammed Fairouz Chorale Fantasy is recorded on "Native Informant," Naxos American Classics CD 8.559744, performed by the Borromeo String Quartet. Mohammed Fairouz, born in 1985, is one of the most frequently performed, commissioned, and recorded composers of his generation. Hailed by The New York Times as “an important new artistic voice” and by BBC World News as “one of the most talented composers of his generation,” Fairouz melds Middle-Eastern modes and Western structures to deeply expressive effect. His large-scale works, including four symphonies and an opera, engage major geopolitical and philosophical themes with persuasive craft and a marked seriousness of purpose. His solo and chamber music attains an “intoxicating intimacy,” according to New York’s WQXR. A truly cosmopolitan voice, Fairouz had a transatlantic upbringing. By his early teens, the Arab- American composer had traveled across five continents, immersing himself in the musical life of his surroundings. -
Yb"J Governance Edition
issue 004 - 2009 Yb"j governance edition POCKETBOOK Eco-Innovation COMMERCE Project Reuse Me PEOPLE & SOCIETY Yemen’s Refugees THE VERVE Exploited Jewels CREATIVE CONSCIOUS Love & The Cause IMPRESSIONS Rebuilding Iraq THINK FORWARD Sudan in Crisis MAKE YOUR MOVE trusting others to decide for you... issn 1998-1023 a publication dedicated to social responsibility in the Arab world EL BOUTIQUE SENIOR DESIGNER Tamara Taouil RESEARCH Khadija Hatim TECHNICAL DESIGNER Huzaifa Rajodwala CONTENT COORDINATOR Hussah Al Tamimi EL BOUTIQUE GRAPHIC DESIGNER Quresh Fakhruddin RESEARCH Alefia Zakir TREE OF HOPE The Tree of Hope is dedicated to organizations and individuals who support en.v as we embark on a thought-provoking journey. Log on to envearth.com and download our mediakit to learn more about how you can support en.v’s initiatives. 4 issue 004 - 2009 envearth.com CONTENTS en.v 1 en.v 49 CREATIVE CONSCIOUS 4 Tree of Hope 50 Film: Fouad Nahas 6 Contributors 52 Books: Hamida Na’na’: Syrian 7 Editor’s Letter Writer in Exile The Metaphor 8 Opinion: White, or Off White? 53 Music: 54 Art: Love & The Cause 10 POCKETBOOK 56 Design: Conserving History p.18 11 Lingo 59 IMPRESSIONS 12 Statistics Iraq... Building a Nation? 13 Calendar 14 Trends 17 COMMERCE 18 Initiatives: Project Reuse Me 20 Economics: The Credit Crunch Arrives... 22 Business: Telecommunications: p.28 Leading Privatization 23 Online: Page Not Found 25 PEOPLE & SOCIETY 68 THINK FORWARD 26 Culture: Egypt: Seeking an 69 Agriculture: From Sorghum to Guns Impossible Balance 72 Industry: On the