{"title":"Mona Khazindar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMona Khazindar\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a captivating exploration of arts and culture, inviting readers to see the world through richly nuanced perspectives. Her work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eVisions from Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the intersections of history, identity, and creative expression across diverse cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful essays and reflections that illuminate artistic movements and cultural dialogues. Khazindar’s writing provides both a scholarly depth and an accessible narrative, making her collection a compelling journey for those interested in contemporary and global art.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"visions-from-abroad-by-mona-khazindar-9788857239460","title":"Visions from Abroad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArabia was certainly the most mysterious country in the world during the historical era, an impenetrable and unknowable realm capable of stimulating the imagination and indeed the wildest fancies of the European intellectual elite. While the Hejaz region, where the two holy cities of Islamic Mecca and Medina are located, is still simply off-limits to non-Moslems, the rest of this vast land was at least as inaccessible and dangerous with its terrible deserts populated by Bedouins, whose reputation was enough to discourage the most fearless traveller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA small handful did, however, risk their lives to journey through Arabia and return with the rare texts and images that form the subject of this publication. These works, or rather the most captivating and successful of them in historical, anthropological and aesthetic terms, are gathered together in \u003cem\u003eVisions from Abroad. Historical and Contemporary Representations of Saudi Arabia\u003c\/em\u003e and presented in a dozen thematic chapters. All the media and all the genres, including painting, sculpture, engraving and photography as well as installation and even comics, are represented in this extraordinary gallery of images, where the works of great orientalist artists like Léon Belly, Georg Emanuel Opiz and Émile Prisse d'Avesnes are fruitfully juxtaposed with those of famous contemporary photographers like Raymond Depardon, Abbas and Humberto Da Silveira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRunning parallel to these images, the text enables us to see through Arabia, a land so difficult and complex to penetrate and decipher, through the eyes of the travellers who undertook to describe it in the works they have left to posterity. It also addresses the often uncommon personalities of these figures, like the Italian Ludovico di Varthema from Bologna, who did not hesitate to become a Mamluk in 1503 in order to set foot on Arabian soil, and the British naval officer and writer Richard Burton, who managed to pass himself off as an Afghan physician and magician to the same end in 1853.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464765030636,"sku":"9788857239460","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9788857239460-visions-from-abroad.jpg?v=1775053788"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mona-khazindar.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}