Tag: Arab Female Artists

SOMALIA : Famous ‎Somali artist Khadra Dahir Ige passes away

Khadra Dahir Ige, one of the most famous and popular artists in the Somali music scene, died at age 65 in Hargeisa.‎ Khadra died of pneumonia at Hargeisa International Hospital

‎According to fellow musician and artist Omar Serbiya, Khadra was born in 1957 in Hargeisa and joined Waberi band in 1974 at the age of  17.

During her nearly five decades-long career, Khadra is estimated to have recorded over 2,500 songs of love and sorrow which touched many Somalis.‎

However, she was very reserved in her private life and rarely was interviewed.

Several artists conveyed their condolences to Khadra, including Nimo Dareen, DJ Suber and Hassan Dhuhul Laabsalah.

‎Khadra Dahir most recently lived in Hargeisa. She leaves behind five children.

source/content: hiiraan.com (headline edited)

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SOMALIA

SYRIA: Young Artist Lama Zakaria Enters Guinness World Records with ‘Largest Mandala’ in the World

Syrian young artist, Lama Zakaria has recently achieved the first world record in the Guinness World Records for the largest display of mandala in the world, raising the name of Syria high and proving once again the ability of Syrian youth to excel in various scientific and artistic fields.

Lama told SANA’s reporter that she spent two years of continuous and diligent effort for reaching this stage, stressing that she worked with precision and patience to achieve the required symmetry in her painting, which achieved the record for the largest painting of mandala in the world.

She added that the mandala contains 4096 mandala circles of various diameters, colors and various decorations by using special dotting tools and acrylic paints on a 6 mm-thick wooden board.

She pointed out that the painting with dimensions 488 x 488 cm contains a large number of circles overlapping with each other and free circles with flowing lines that enhance cohesion among them.

Zakaria noted that in each quarter of the painting forms a part of a major basic circle that is the center of the painting and its eye-attracting heart, which required work carefully on all colors and various decorative units.

Lama Zakaria, a third-year student at the Faculty of Architecture at al-Baath University, has sought to specialize in mandalas, as she worked individually to learn the origins of this art and master its methods, and participated in several art exhibitions.

source/content: sana.sy (headline edited)

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Actress Lama Zakaria – Photo from Lama’s official Instagram page

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SYRIA