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Stories from the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Stories from the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

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Outdoor Exhibition

Bahia Shehab, No to Fascism; No to Hatred; No to Racism; No to War, 2020, light projections (Photograph: Elyse Butler, 2020).

During the Egyptian Arab Spring in 2011, former Shangri La Artist-in-Residence, Bahia Shehab, realized that her research on the Arabic script for the word, “no,” had a higher purpose. Channeling the Arabic phrase, “No and a thousand times no”, she created and spray-painted several artworks declaring “No” on the streets of Cairo to serve as calls for change and justice.

Bahia Shehab, No to Fascism; No to Hatred; No to Racism; No to War (detail), 2020, light projections (Photograph: Elyse Butler, 2020).

In 2020, a special exhibition of four No artworks by Shehab were projected on the makai (seaward-side) walls of Shangri La No to Fascism; No to Hatred; No to Racism; No to War. Today, we are sharing details of this exhibition from 2020.

Bahia Shehab, No to Fascism; No to Hatred; No to Racism; No to War (detail), 2020, light projections (Photograph: Elyse Butler, 2020).

The works can also be viewed on Shangri La’s Google Arts & Culture page.

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