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Date: 2012

Region: Asia

Subject: Religion

Medium: Painting Sculpture


Artist: Shadi Alzaqzouq, Zakaria Ramhani, Nadim Karim, Khorow Hassanzadeh

Confronting Bodies: Dubai "authorities"

Dates of Action: March 23, 2012

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Description of Artwork: The painting "After Washing," created by Palestinian artist Shadi Alzaqzouq (who, according to a French newspaper, was recently denied a visa) shows a foulard-wearing woman with a pair of men's pants in her hands; scrawled on these pants is the phrase "clear off," written in Arabic. Moroccan painter Zakaria Ramhani's work is a large painting showing Egyptian police and military servicemen beating a stripped protester during the Egyptian Revolution. Lebanese artist Nadim Karim had a sculpture of a naked man on display. Khorow Hassanzadeh, hailing from Iran, also had a painting on display.

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Source: Art Media Agency article