#middle east aesthetic

[ellie-makes-mbs]

name moodboard for “hafsa” for @arestoucries

[namedvesta]

Sean O’Pry photographed by Jack Waterlot, for L’Officiel Hommes Middle East (𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟧).

[moonlight-s0nata]

| A thousand splendid suns, Khaled Hosseini

[nejjcollectsbooks]

The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature by Robert Irwin.

My first week in Morocco is over, and from visiting relatives and keeping house it's been Irwin's anthology of Arabic lit that has been tiding me over from one hot day to the next.

"Translation is like a seance with the dead and what comes out on the planchette will often read like urgent nonsense."

[m1akim]

Me watching sunset like I’ve never seen it before

15.07.2024

[cherrychevellet]

دست از طلب ندارم تا کام من برآید یا تن رسد به جانان یا جان ز تن درآید

I will not cease my pursuit until my wish is fulfilled, Either my body reaches my beloved, or my soul leaves the body.

Saadi Shirazi

[vampzee]

Zulma Faiad in 'The Night of a Thousand Cats' (1972) - image by J. Martínez.

[pomegranateandcoffee]

today's aesthetic moodboard

[qalbofnight]

The Middle eastern (Arabic) urge to dress like this even though being a non Arabic.

[life-spire]

@ reo

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[fairiedance]

Here are some new pieces for my fundraiser. The keffiyeh is edited from this open source work by a photographer in Gaza and the eyes are cut from a vintage movie poster. On the left the backdrop is the graffiti from a wall in Bethlehem (بيت لحم) in the West Bank.

You can find these and all my other designs here.

I have a couple more versions of the glitch art (on the right) with backgrounds:

I also made this Warhol inspired pop art last week with this same template (as well as a couple other things, see the shop to see all options):

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my work are for my Palestinian best friend, to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until it's safe for her to travel back home and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank (this has unfortunately hit his family quite hard) and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. He's heavily involved in activism and I trust him to put the money where it can make the most difference.

Here are some examples of the above on various products (personally I really like the glitch art with no background on stickers and pins):

Again check out my shop here for all these and a ton of other designs. Note that stickers are cheaper in bulk, if you get 4 stickers you get 25% off and if you get 10 you get 50% off (these can be any stickers, not just from my shop). They're great for handing out at protests!

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! Your support means a lot to us. I read my friend the sweet messages some of you have left for him through the shop and he was very touched.

[diemelusine]

Portrait of Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi (c. 1810), ambassador for the Shah of Persia, by William Beechey. Compton Verney House.engglish artoist

[x-heesy]

IT IS BETTER TO BE A WARRIOR IN A GARDEN, THAN A GARDENER IN A WAR. -MIYAMOTO MUSASHI 🇯🇵

New World by Zap Mama 🎧

#maybeiamadreamerbutiamnottheonlyone ✅

[belovedapollo]

I was born in Iran and last year I visited Iran for the first time in 23 years. My grandma took me to a trip to Isfahan and I visited the Vank Cathedral and the museum there. 📖 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[dreamsoffaerie]

academia around the world: arab academia

as you think of others far away, think of yourself (say: “if only I were a candle in the dark”).

[s0r3muzzi3wh0r3]

lowkey I like finding old queer muslim art???? but I can barely find any of women????? tf???????