Hanna Noor Mahomed South African, b. 1999
Al-Qarawiyyin I, 2025
Oil and acrylic on canvas
80 x 137 cm
31 1/2 x 54 in
31 1/2 x 54 in
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This painting is based on a drawing of the University of Al-Qarawiyyin in Fes, Morocco. built in 859 AD by a woman named Fatima Al-Fihri, it is known to be the oldest university in the world. The collage/sketch combines a range of images referencing a film still from Farha, Celia Sánchez (Cuban revolutionary), and women protest movements in occupied Kashmir.
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