Mahrooseh = محروسة : lebanon's art on the road / Falak Shawwa.
Material type: TextLanguage: English, Arabic Publication details: Cyprus : Rimal Books, 2019. Edition: 1st edDescription: 160 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9789963715169Other title: محروسةSubject(s): Photography -- Lebanon | Photography, Artistic -- Catalog | Lebanon -- Pictorial worksLOC classification: TR654 | .S539 2019Abstract: It was just like any other day, being stuck in Beirut traffic with nothing to do but look around when I noticed the Arabic word Mahrooseh (protected) on the back of a large truck in front of me. As I was there for a while, I started noticing the detailed art and hand-drawn vernacular calligraphy, the evil eye, the cedars and many decorative patterns. That was when I was inspired to begin this journey of photographing and documenting as many trucks as I could all over Lebanon"--Back cover.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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It was just like any other day, being stuck in Beirut traffic with nothing to do but look around when I noticed the Arabic word Mahrooseh (protected) on the back of a large truck in front of me. As I was there for a while, I started noticing the detailed art and hand-drawn vernacular calligraphy, the evil eye, the cedars and many decorative patterns. That was when I was inspired to begin this journey of photographing and documenting as many trucks as I could all over Lebanon"--Back cover.
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