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From grease stains to gallery walls: Karachi mechanic’s journey into surrealism

Chance encounter with painter Shahid Rassam turned young mechanic’s hidden sketches into beginning of professional art career
Once repairing engines, Behzad Ahmed Warsi now paints surreal visions of war and emotion displayed in galleries worldwide

By NAIMAT KHAN · 15 October 2025

Uncovering hidden meanings with Saudi artist Lulwah Al Homoud

By Dalal Awienat · 10 July 2025

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Pakistani artist develops unique Urdu script to tell stories of the marginalized

By Yusra Jabeen · 27 May 2024

Meet Abdelrahman Mohammed: The artist behind Metro Boomin’s Egyptian concert poster

By Dalal Awienat · 01 May 2024

Abha artist draws inspiration from Najdi culture

By Sulafa Alkhunaizi · 12 January 2024

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

By AP · 08 November 2023

Photo of Egyptian artist in frail health shocks fans

By Gobran Mohamed · 11 July 2023

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Tough Karachi cop, expert in Lyari gang wars, turns to art for respite

By NAIMAT KHAN · 07 June 2023

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Veteran billboard painter in Karachi is the last keeper of a fading movie art

By NAIMAT KHAN · 24 May 2023

Arab-American artists: Dahlia Elsayed talks color & Hermès, New York City public commissions

By Rawaa Talass · 19 April 2023

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Pakistani artist who draws portraits of Arab leaders wants to prove disability not a burden

By Fatimah Amjad · 18 March 2023

Meet Alfred Tarazi — the artist carrying ‘the weight of Lebanon’s history’

By Rebecca Anne Proctor · 19 January 2023

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For ‘little artist’ in Pakistan’s Mardan, there’s only one subject: ‘grief of the oppressed’

By WASIM SAJJAD · 28 December 2022

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