The story goes that instead of helping his father with the financial management of the family fruit and nut import and export business in Senegal, my father would escape to spend time with the [...]
An aristocrat and judge by training, Mahmoud Said is widely recognised as a pioneer of Modern Arab art. Painting was a passion that began in 1919, when Said was 22 and travelled around Europe, [...]
Although I’m not an artist, I had my 15 minutes of fame in 1966, when I was six years old and won a Blue Peter competition for the first Royal Mail Christmas stamp in the UK. Because my parents [...]
Hassan was my friend more than my younger brother. We shared everything, told each other everything, we never kept secrets from each other. We respected each other’s opinions; of course, we had [...]
As part of Art Dubai’s Rewind series, Maneli Keykavoussi tells Myrna Ayad about the courage and conviction of her mother Farideh Lashai, a warrior who never compromised on her beliefs In 2013, [...]
Brigitte Caland reflects on the passion and sacrifice of her mother, Huguette Caland, whose relationship with art was always passionate, though not always easy. She spoke to Myrna Ayad as part of [...]
