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Edge of Arabia Jeddah:
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Organized in the beginning of 2012, Edge of Arabia( EoA) was the most significant Exhibition of Saudi contemporary art ever held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The exhibition, held under the provocative title‘ We Need to Talk’, was created by Mohammed Hafiz and cocreated by Edge of Arabia founders Stephen Stapleton in a stunning 1,000 sqm venue in the Al Furusia Marina, on the Jeddah Corniche.
Edge of Arabia made an attempt to navigate a past, present and imagined future in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, narrated by an outspoken band of bighitting artists and new talents. The exhibition featured over 40 new artworks by Saudi’ s emerging contemporary artists, including: Abdulnasser Gharem, Adwa AlMubarak, Ahaad Alamoudi, Ahmed Angawi, Ahmed Mater, Ayman Yossri Daydban, Effat Fadaag, Eyad Maghazel, Hala Ali, Hamza Serafi, Ibrahim Abumsmar, Jowhara AlSaud, Maha Malluh, Manal Al-Dowayan, Mohammed Al Ghamdi, Nasser Al-Salem, Noha Al-Sharif, Saddek Wasil, Saeed Salem, Sami Al-Turki, Sara Al-Abdali and Sarah Abu Abdullah. �
102 DORCHESTER December 2012