The contemporary art of Arab women reveals a growing self-awareness rooted in admiration, revulsion and resistance-- signifying a recognition of the complexities of their history and of the wider world they inhabit. Their art articulates an active resistance to the domination and the creation of a new culture, sometimes achieved by exploring and reintegrating layers of history. Using art, Arab women are seizing the moment to make an imprint upon the forces of change in …showed first 75 words of 5613 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5613 total…n and Art in Egypt, 37. 8 From a letter to Salwa Nashashibi from the artist. 9 Interview with Salwa Nashashibi from the artist. 10 Artists communication with Salwa Nashashibi, 1992. 11 Liliane Karnouk, Modern Egyptian Art: The Emergence of a National Style (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1988). 12 Farouq Yousef, Madiha Umar and Other Calligraphy, trans. Hind Kadry-Mathews (Baghdad: University of Literature and Art, Baghdad, 1989). 13 See Thomas McEvilley, "Marginialia: Thomas McEvilley on the Global Issue," Artforum 28, no. 7 (March 1990): 19-21.