Thuraya Al-Baqsami

Thuraya Al-Baqsami
Born1952
Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti

Thuraya Al-Baqsami (born 1952) is a Kuwaiti artist, writer, and internationally acclaimed printmaker.[1] She was born into a Kuwaiti family of Iranian descent.[2][3][4] Her daughters are Fatima Al Qadiri and Monira Al Qadiri.[5][3]

In 2002, the Kuwaiti Embassy in Berlin asked Thuraya Al-Baqsami to design the United Buddy Bear for her home country, Kuwait.[6]

References

  1. ^ Lloyd, Fran (1999). Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the present. London: WAL Women's Art Library. ISBN 1860645992.
  2. ^ "Thuraya Al-Baqsami ثريا البقصمي". AUK Oral History. 2017.
  3. ^ a b "A Conversation with Thuraya Al-Basqsami and Monira Al Qadiri". Bidoun. 2018.
  4. ^ "البقصمي". Kuwait History (in Arabic).
  5. ^ Monira Al Qadiri (2015). "How Toshihiko Made Me Understand Islam". Ibraaz.
  6. ^ Eva & Klaus Herlitz: "The Art of Tolerence"; Worldtour United Buddy Bears, 2017, page 145, ISBN 978-3-00-057649-2
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