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Emirates Winter

Haitham Issam — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:18:10 +0000

This is a short film called Emirates Winter by Lewis De Mesa. It’s a film of various UAE cities and urban and rural settings lapsed in time, and it is just beautiful.

Dubai Manifesto: The Game Is Not Over

Haitham Issam — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:55:30 +0000

Brusselssprout have launched their first issue of their free online curatorial magazine entitled “The Game Is Not Over: Dubai Manifesto 1/3“. They say: Brusselssprout is a free curatorial magazine on contemporary thinking and emergent art. Brusselssprout aims to become an open, independent and alternative platform offering content related to the artistic and cultural world. It [...]

Google Knows Um Kulthoom

Haitham Issam — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:06:59 +0000

Turns out Google really knows Um Kulthoom after all. Today is her birthday, and I can’t feel but somehow flattered that Google recognized her birthday with a doodle, it’s a reminder of an era that honored those legends and created spaces for them where they expressed their greatness. EDIT: I’ve added the clip below of [...]

He’s A Fan

Haitham Issam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:09:47 +0000

We love I.M. Pei.

Kudos

Haitham Issam — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:06:16 +0000

To Mahmoud Hamdan for the his photo, featured in the post below, because it’s on THE SUN and THE TELEGRAPH. Kudos, my friend.

The New Contender

Haitham Issam — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:42:16 +0000

PHOTO: Mahmoud Hamdan I haven’t seen a photo in quite a while that is worth a feature, this photo by Mahmoud Hamdan, an Architecture student in my school, who has studied photography under Mr. Thaer Ali. The photo speaks for itself and for the photographers Mr. Thaer has taught over the years. You can see [...]

Piano Stairs

Haitham Issam — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:39:13 +0000

Sheikh Zayed Bridge Through A Plastic Lens

Haitham Issam — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:23:45 +0000

This was taken on June 12, 2009 with a Holga camera. I was headed to Abu-Dhabi and decided to stop to document the status of the bridge, and shot it with both my Holga and my DSLR.

Those Who “Almost”

Haitham Issam — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:03:54 +0000

As some of you may know, there was a major international competition in Dubai by Thyssenkrupp Elevator, and last month the results were announced in a press release. Well Bustler, has called for those who did NOT win to submit their entries to them in order to exhibit them and see what was NOT good [...]

We Love domus

Haitham Issam — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:43:59 +0000

Being an Arab architect, I know the only magazine that talks about Arab architecture in Arabic is Al-Bina’a, there is a few others but in English – not fully dedicated to Arab architecture, neither is Al-Bina’a. domus, the Italian architecture and design magazine, has launched a new edition in arabic last month, I assume aimed [...]