Illustration is one of the cornerstones of Instagram, featuring motivational comics, drawings of public figures, educational graphics and more. The medium is used to integrate visuals in text-based content across disciplines, from activism to mental health platforms and fictional stories. In the region, attention is frequently diverted away from art; it is often underrated, so EgyptianStreets is highlighting five talented female illustrators from the Middle East that share their work online and call for a sort of social change in their creations. 1. Nour Flayhan Nour Flayhan tackles topics from the Lebanese revolution to personal visual diary entries to profiles of significant personalities in very recent history. Among those represented are black people in the U.S. tragically shot by police, protesters, Egyptian icons of LGBT solidarity, and icons of representation of the Middle East in the West. The Lebanese artist recently partnered with Gucci Beauty creating illustrations representing Arab women’s beauty against traditional standards of the West. According to an interview with Grazia ME, her series was made in hopes to “use poetry to spread warmth and hope in others”. View this post on Instagram Sneak peak to a print…
Illustrating the Middle East: 5 Female Digital Artists Tackling Social Change
July 8, 2020
