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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Beginning -- Baghdad, Autumn 1971 -- The On-and-Off Stage -- The Cottage (Al Khoukh) -- May -- School -- University Life -- July 14, 1958, and Its Implications -- Literary Experience -- Nizar Qabbani -- Najib al-Mani' -- My Relationship with the Visual Arts -- The First Ten Years -- Salzburg: The First Test -- Life and Work -- Travels 1977-1990 -- Planned Trips -- London: The Print Center -- Morocco, Portugal, and Spain -- The Scandinavian Countries -- London, 1981 and 1982 -- 1989-90 -- Invitation to China |
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Travels 1991-2008 -- Germany, the Netherlands, France -- Sanaa, Damascus, and Aleppo -- Sanaa -- Damascus and Aleppo -- Paris -- Cité internationale des arts -- Meeting Solange and Peter (Pierre Olo) -- Paris -- Cité internationale des arts 2008 -- Our Baghdad Home and the Productive Years -- The Iran-Iraq War -- Our Professional Life and the Graphic Art Studio -- It's a Dirty War -- The Night of January 16-17, 1991 -- Leaving Baghdad -- Moving to Bahrain -- The Last Ten Years and the Return to Amman -- The Years Before Departure -- Colophon |
| Summary |
Story of Water and Fire is a captivating account of the joint life of two prominent figures in the Iraqi art scene, poet and art critic May Muzaffar and artist Rafa Nasiri. This book offers a glimpse into the social and artistic milieu of Baghdad from the 1960s to the 1990s, as well as the couple's travels during this period and their years of exile in Amman and Manama. Through vivid descriptions and rarely seen photographs, May Muzaffar provides insights into their position in the Arab and international art scenes. The book serves as a guide to the archival material that al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at NYU Abu Dhabi has digitized and made available for researchers, creating an expanded space for exploration and understanding of the remarkable work of this generation. MAY MUZAFFAR (*1940, Baghdad) is a poet, short story writer, art critic, and translator. Having graduated in English literature from Baghdad University in 1961, she has published seven collections of poetry and five collections of short stories in Baghdad, Beirut, and Amman. She authored books on art and artists, and has also edited several books on Rafa Nasiri's art. She is the sponsor of Rafa Nasiri's art heritage and organizes an annual award for graphic arts in his name, since 2014 |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 29, 2023) |
| Subject |
Muẓaffar, Mayy.
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Nāṣirī, Rāfiʻ.
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Nāṣirī, Rāfiʻ |
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Authors, Iraqi -- Biography
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Artists -- Iraq -- Biography
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Artists
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Authors, Iraqi
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Intellectual life
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Manners and customs
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Baghdad (Iraq) -- Intellectual life
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Baghdad (Iraq) -- Social life and customs
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Iraq
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Iraq -- Baghdad
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783775755740 |
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3775755748 |
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9783775755467 |
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3775755462 |
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