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“The Pearl is the Queen of gems and the gem of Queens.”
Photographed by @maganga.mwagogo Model @adhel_bol Creative Direction @sunnydolat Makeup @sinittaakello Hair @rickykish Dress @sevaria.ke Jewellery @we.are.nbo Producer @zi.ggie Production Assistant @janeywaithera Project Manager Kenya @eastafricaarts Styling Assistant @bryan.emry
#maganga mwagogo#adhel bol#ricky kish#sunny dolat#east africa arts#dark skin#beauty#black beauty#bridal#gold#gold flower#statement earrings
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Arnaut Blowing Smoke at the Nose of His Dog, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1882.
(Or as I like to call it, Man Engages in the Age Old Tradition of Annoying Your Dog)
#art#jean léon gérôme#academicism#historical painting#orientalism#north africa#egypt#middle east#albania#neoclassicism#txt
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Bashi-bazouks before a Gateway by Paul Joanowits
Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The two soldiers converse in an Egyptian setting, the gate topped by Mamluk carvings and flanked by East African 'Grandees' chairs', amalgams of Mamluk, Portuguese, and Indian influence.
#bashi bazouk#gateway#gate#art#paul joanowitz#soldiers#ottoman army#ottoman empire#orientalism#europe#asia#north africa#middle east#egypt#egyptian#albanian#circassian#albanians#circassians#albania#balkans#history#mamluks#soldier#guns#rifles#circassia#rifle#gun#smoking
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name moodboard for “hafsa” for @arestoucries
#a true work of art//moodboard#sparks of creativity//my work#moodboard#aesthetic#mb#desert#desert oasis#ancient egypt#Egyptian aesthetic#middle eastern aesthetic#middle east aesthetic#adventurecore#naturecore#north african aesthetic#north africa#african aesthetic#african moodboard#do you not know that a man is not dead when his name is still spoken//name mb#speaking through another//request
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Ancestor (Paranthropus boisei)
Paranthropus boisei was an early hominid species from 2.5–1.15 million years ago, living among the wetlands and lakes of the East African Rift System. The skull "Zinj" or "the Nutcracker Man" was discovered in 1959 in the now-arid Olduvai Gorge.
#art#watercolor#hominids#sketchpad#early hominids#paleoanthropology#olduvai gorge#east africa#tanzania
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This group sells prints of donated art to raise funds for Sudan + other causes! (Open submissions)
40% of sales are donated to the respective cause, 30% are given to the artist, and 30% goes into overhead. They’re 0-profit so once they reach the amount they need to run their initiatives they donate their 30% percent as well, and artists have the option to donate their portion. -For artists interested in donating their work:
-For those looking to grab a print:
Accountability page:
#sudan#east africa#signal boost#art charity#fundraiser#horn of africa#middle east#north africa#keep eyes on sudan#They also have Palestinian+ DRC collections. it seems like a wonderful initiative#I’m not affiliated w/ them btws just excited for this as an artist myself
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"Beauty of African Women"
Photographer: Unknown "If anyone recognizes the photographer or has more information about the origin of this photo, please let me know"
This photo captures the beauty and strength of African women, potentially from regions such as Ethiopia, Sudan, or the Horn of Africa. Their vibrant clothing and tools showcase a rich cultural heritage that has been passed down through generations.
#archaeology#east africa#african culture#traditional lifestyle#culturalheritage#TribalLife#art history#braids#folklore#kitchen decor#Photography#Ethnography#WorldCultures#sudan
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In my au Stanley (narrow gauge) has a special interest in insects (I hc him as being into animals, they don’t judge you for your “jinx” and he’s got a soft spot for critters that are seen as “bad luck”) and tends to blurt out the most detailed information, he often info-dumps with and to Nia who encourages it cause it makes him happy once he’s freed from his “jinx” and she know every single insect name alphabetically along with their scientific names and nicknames Here we have Duke immediately regretting asking them if they can name every single species and ends up sleeping when they’re engrossed in their conversation before leaving when they were in the mid section of the e category (Nia gave him “the disappointment older sister look” awhile back so the poor guy can trapped there and wondered how did he got ever himself into this situation)
Basically it’s just Stanley to Duke in alphabetical order: Alderflies Angel Insects Anoplura (Sucking lice) Ants Antlions Aphids Archeognatha (Bristletails) Barklice Bees Beetles Bird lice Biting lice Blattodea (Cockroaches) Booklice Bristletails Bugs Butterflies Caddisflies Chewing lice Cicadas Cockroaches Coleoptera (Beetles) Collembola (Springtails) Crickets Damselflies Diplura Diptera (Flies) Dobsonflies Dragonflies-
Nia joining in cause she was mad at Duke: ah yes the alderfly which are megalopteran insects of the family Sialidae. They are closely related to the dobsonflies and fishflies as well as to the prehistoric Euchauliodidae. All living alderflies – about 66 species all together are part of the subfamily Sialinae, which contains nine extant genera. Sialinae have a body length of less than 25 mm (1 inch), long filamentous antennae, and four large dark wings of which the anterior pair is slightly longer than the posterior. They lack ocelli and their fourth tarsal segment is dilated and deeply bilobed. Dead alderfly larvae are used as bait in fishing-
duke:shooketh (Nia’s is basically the train version of a encyclopedia also her design is based off of MrTerrier673 on Twitter)
#ttte#ttte duke#ttte stanley#ttte nia#msr stanley#rws stanley#duke the lost engine#my art#my artwork#my art <3#my art stuff#yeah I’ve traced their basis Nia is a ngr class 1906 she participated in the war in South Africa 🇿🇦 and the East African campaign#and Freddie was there they’re pretty much older siblings/cool aunt-uncle figures to Stanley cause they all went through a lot pre-msr days#but yeah Nia be a encouraging big sister and joining in I got so much on them I need to put in haha but poor duke someone save him he doesn#wanna end up like Andreas and Duncan who both really wished they could forget about learning about hammerhead wormsXD#but yeah Nia recognizing that this is something that makes Stanley happy he’s healing (Kyle’s death their old railway etc) and knows these#hobbies that made him happy were mocked and putted down and literally beaten out of him and as an fellow animal lover she’s very supportive#Also Stan my guy please get some sleep he’s got insomnia and nightmares from Kyle’s death (I mean both do along with Freddie) Nia is 10 yea#rs older than him but at least they’re both reunited on the skarloey after some years she’s very big cool sister/chill aunt coded figure an#knows that this is Stanley;s way of showing he trusts someone but then again out of all his colleagues stuart got off lucky he only infodum#on him about monarch butterflies 🦋 and ladybugs 🐞 XD Freddie and Bertram/atlas r torn
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Some problems of Neo-kemetists in Egypt
Egypt like I said many times before used to have its own distinct culture, but after a series of invasions like the Arab Islamic conquest, huge aspects of Egyptian culture faded away until Egyptians as a whole have become Arabized.
This situation has remained up until recently, when a lot of mostly young Egyptians started a movement which I like to call “Neo-Kemetism” where the main purpose is to revive Egypt’s indigenous culture.
However, recently there has been mostly a wave of racism towards other people in the MENA region by a not small portion of those nationalists. Whether racism towards Arabs, or Sudanese people or people from the Levant region.
Now of course, I am not claiming to be perfect or that I would never do that as well. I am sure if you scroll down for a bit, you might find some stuff of that sort. However, eventually you realize that this is really not the way of reviving Egyptian culture.
Sure, there are lots of negative aspects of cultures that do deserve to be called out, especially tribal Arab traditions which involve sexism, religious fundamentalism and marital violence to name a few.
However, they do not engage in such actions BECAUSE they are tribal Arabs. In other words, it is not imbedded in their genes and these cultural issues can be solved with enough education (hopefully).
It is tragic how Egypt lost its own culture, but to blame others for every single problem occurring, that, in my opinion, is a weak man’s game. We need to look at ourselves in the mirror and admit that we too play a role in worsening the situation even more when we are racists and hate-fueled towards people who had nothing to do with what happened 1400 years ago.
#coptic#egypt#ⲭⲏⲙⲓ#egyptian#kemet#ancient egypt#archeology#egyptian mythology#pharaonic art#pharaoh#culture#middle east#north africa
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Imagine being rich and paying for bland minimalist textiles and cold sterilized homes when you could be paying folk artists handsomely for handcrafted beauty and color —helping preserve honestly quite priceless artistic traditions and supporting the people who keep these legacies alive— instead.
#you have all the ability to buy pieces of art with vibrant histories and made with the worlds most skilled hands#to own something gorgeous and genuine and guarantee that these art forms survive and the people who provide them are well-cared for#and you’d rather live in a hospital and wear three colors all your life#Persian rugs?#traditional Bengali Jamdani fabrics? old school banarasi’s made by hand?#Guatemalan upholstery?#Romanian embroidered blouses?#Japanese-sourced furniture made with ancient joinery techniques?#Chinese porcelain made the old-fashioned way?#gold finery from east Africa?#Czech glass vases?#Navajo blankets?#Vietnamese embroidered thread ‘paintings’?#COME OOOOONNN#rich people learn how to spend your money or give it to me
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#art#artist#albert sackey art#albertsackeyart#life#albertayebisackey#journal#love#sketchbook#east african crowned crane#crane#bird#african#africa#birds#giant#world#nature#natural#wildlife#quote#knowledge#art journal#journaling#journals#visual journal#information#informative#tall#wild birds
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My CountryHumans OC aka Country Humanize character (Cindy Nilo Evelyn country doppelganger)
Here my CountryHumans collection:
• Africa:
- Lerato Zola (Black South Africa 🇿🇦)
- Isabel Sky (White South Africa 🇿🇦)
- Mariam Hayat (Chad 🇹🇩)
• Asia:
- Alitza Derora (Israel 🇮🇱)
- Hadal Emaya (Palestine 🇵🇸)
- Salma Dalia (Gaza Strip 🇵🇸)
• Europe:
- Daria Anastasia (Romania 🇷🇴)
Btw, I tried inspired Hetalia and Animondos based on Deviantart which is i love this character country version especially CountryHumans. Also a lot cartoon, Tv Show and other media doppelganger character.
#doppelganger#countryhumans#hetalia#cindy the cat pink art#cindy the cat pink#oc#original character#africa#middle east#asia#europe#israel#palestine#gaza#romania#south africa#chad
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Dump my study of Zevran here and leave
#his skin tone is so tricky considering antiva is based on renaissance spain and Venice they have many cross ethnicity origins#his would be closest to Andalusian which is historically cross racial regions with north Africa and middle east#(saw an artist trying to defend themselves by claiming he is tanned i ... i had to block them sorry)#zevran arainai#dragon age origins#he is people of colour your honor#fan art#my art#dragon age
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disabled arab friends ^-^ (smile)
wanted to draw more arab people but also more disabled people, so i decided to draw both. i didn't have many ideas for this drawing so i'm open to suggestions! :3 (cat smile)
this also my first time drawing people walking so i hope this is good
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[ ID: Digital, stylized art of four Arab friends walking together next to each other against a transparent background, with colorful lineart and some shading. From left to right:
A thin man with medium tone skin, brown eyes, short, straight, black hair, a unibrow and a thin beard. He's a leg amputee, has vitiligo on his hands and walks with a pair of green crutches. He wears a white shirt with green sleeves, swamp green pants and light swamp green shoes. He looks to the woman next to him.
The woman is fat and has medium tone skin, brown eyes, a scarred eyebrow and a cleft lip. She wears a dark red hijab, two yellow heart hair clips, an orange shirt with yellow hems and a heart, dark red pants and yellow shoes with light yellow hearts. She talks to the man.
Next, a man with light skin with a lighter patch on his forehead, brown eyes, short, curly, blonde hair with a light patch and a beard. He has dwarfism. He wears glasses, a gray polo shirt, navy blue denim pants and blue shoes. He talks to the woman next to him.
The woman is chubby and broad with light-medium tone skin, a port wine stain on the left side of her face, green eyes, one droopier than the other, and long, curly, light brown hair. She wears a red t-shirt with white stripes, black denim pants and light pink shoes. She looks at the man, her hands in her pockets and her head low. /End ID ]
#sam.arts#sam.disabled#disability#disability art#digital art#digital artist#krita#artists on tumblr#artblr#artists of tumblr#arab#arab art#west asia#north africa#middle east#hijab#hijabi#hijabi art
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'The Acolyte' is Exactly What 'Star Wars' Needed
Before The Rise of Skywalker at the tail end 2019, I was a big Star Wars fan. The release of the singularly subpar final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy had me distraught about the franchise, severely dampening my fandom. The recidivism of Episode IX had me believe that there was no true moving forward. We would be destined to remain in the strict boundaries of Jedi vs. Sith without a critical…
#Amandla Stenberg#Asian#Asian American#Carrie-Anne Moss#Disney#Disney+#East Asian#gaming#Japanese#Jedi#Knights of the Old Republic#Kogonada#Kor Adana#Lee Jung-jae#Leslye Headland#Manny Jacinto#martial arts#North Africa#Sequel Trilogy#Sith#Star Wars#Streaming#SWANA#The Acolyte#The High Republic#Turkish#West Asian
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It’s like of course Akasha’s from Uruk. The city with the patron goddess of war and sexuality who’s notoriously ambitious and bloodthirsty and sacrificed her own consort for her freedom? And Akasha rules over a kingdom in pre-dynastic Egypt, the surviving art of which rarely bothers to feature men in preference for an abundance of goddess/fertility figurines? Yeah. I’d say that tracks
#I mean you start to see male figures more in later naqada art#a time period that actually aligns with the heigh of cultural exchange and proposed migration from mesopotamia#but that’s anywhere from 200-700 years from after Akasha’s supposed to have ruled#also I’m not sure there’s even any architectural remains of the eanna district that date back before Uruk VI#so i guess you can’t say definitively that Inanna worship was extant in like. Uruk X#but 🤷🏼#I also def know more about sumer and uruk in particular than the various predynastic egyptian cultures and settlements#reading about the latter is very fun— until the people writing about it fail to stop themselves from the genetic testing fanaticism#measuring limbs and shit to try and determine ethnic origins in the 21st century. kill me#scholars be normal about historic cultures in northern and east africa challenge#akasha#qotd
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