Thuraya Al-Baqsami

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Thuraya Al-Baqsami
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Born1952
Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti

Thuraya Al-Baqsami (born 1952) is a Kuwaiti artist, writer, and internationally acclaimed printmaker. [1] She was born into a Kuwaiti family of Iranian descent. [2] [3] [4] Her daughters are Fatima Al Qadiri and Monira Al Qadiri. [5] [3]

In 2002, the Kuwaiti Embassy in Berlin asked Thuraya Al-Baqsami to design the United Buddy Bear for her home country, Kuwait. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Lloyd, Fran (1999). Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the present. London: WAL Women's Art Library. ISBN   1860645992.
  2. ↑ "Thuraya Al-Baqsami ثريا البقصمي". AUK Oral History. 2017.
  3. 1 2 "A Conversation with Thuraya Al-Basqsami and Monira Al Qadiri". Bidoun . 2018.
  4. ↑ "البقصمي". Kuwait History (in Arabic).
  5. ↑ Monira Al Qadiri (2015). "How Toshihiko Made Me Understand Islam". Ibraaz .
  6. ↑ Eva & Klaus Herlitz: "The Art of Tolerence"; Worldtour United Buddy Bears, 2017, page 145, ISBN 978-3-00-057649-2
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