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Reem Bint Mohammed
Reem bint Mohammed Al Saud, also known as Reem Al Faisal, is a Saudi Arabian photographer and gallery owner, who lives in Jeddah and Paris. Biography Reem is the daughter of Mohammed bin Faisal and granddaughter of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. She studied Arabic literature at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah before leaving the school to attend Spéos in Paris to pursue photography. She authored ''Diwan Al Noor: A Photographic Journey through Light, Water, and People'' and ''The Hajj''. Her primary medium is black and white photography, although work she unveiled in 2016 incorporated the use of colour and graphic design. She has exhibited in Bahrain, China, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Palestine, Singapore, Spain, and the United States. The Empty Quarter, a photography gallery run by her in Dubai, opened in 2008 and was the first of its kind in the region. A sister gallery, located in Jeddah, opened in 2015. In 2016 she bought the house of Chris Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's prominence grew in 647 when the Caliph Osman made it a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca, and to serve Muslim travelers for Islamic pilgrimage. Since those times, Jeddah has served as the gateway for millions of pilgrims who have arrived in Saudi Arabia, traditionally by sea and recently by air. With a population of about 4,697,000 people as of 2021, Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest city in Hejaz, the second-largest city in the Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh), and the ninth-largest in the Middle East. It also serves as the administrative centre of the OIC. Jeddah Islamic Port, on the Red Sea, is the thirty-sixth largest seaport in the world and the second-largest and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
