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Bahia Shehab (1977)[1] is an Egyptian-Lebanese artist, art historian, designer and scholar of Arabic script.

Career

At the beginning of the Egyptian revolution in January 2011, Shehab spray-painted the word "no" in protest around the streets of Cairo. Shehab, through her research of the word "no" in Islamic culture, discovered that there are thousands of ways to write the word.[2] With these characters she found she created artistic stencils that represented the current conflict including, "No to a new pharoah".[2]

Shehab gave a TED Talk in June 2012 titled "A thousand times no" and was awarded a TED fellowship in 2012 and a TED senior fellowship in 2016.[3] Shehab's artwork has been on display in exhibitions around the world, as well as having been featured in the documentary 'Nefertiti's Daughters'[4] (2015). Shehab published a book called 'A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif" in 2010. Shehab was selected as one of UNESCO's 70 most accomplished women speakers.[5]

In 2011 Shehab developed the graphic design program at The American University in Cairo with courses focused visual culture of the Arab world. She has taught over fourteen courses on the topic.

In 2016 she served as a judge for the 100 Best Arabic Posters contest, the first contest in the Arab world to recognize poster design as an art form.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Bahia Shehab: Art As a Tool for Change". The Huffington Post. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b Eng, Karen Frances (9 September 2016). "Meet 12 Women Breaking New Ground in the Arts". TED Fellows. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ Shehab, Bahia, A thousand times no, retrieved 8 December 2016
  4. ^ Shehab, Bahia. "Bahia Shehab | Speaker | TED.com". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Bahia Shehab". www.ted.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ Leech, Nick. "Design culture: Warehouse421 showcases the winners of the 100 Best Arabic Posters contest". The National. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

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