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Marwan Bassiouni

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Marwan Bassiouni is a photographer born in Switzerland and living in the Netherlands. His main topic is interaction between Islam and Western culture.[1][2]

Bassiouni was born in 1985 in Morges, Vaud, Switzerland.[3] He studied photography at Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.[4]

In 2019, Bassiouni published the book New Dutch Views which shows Dutch landscapes and cityscapes seen from the interiors of mosques in the Netherlands through the windows.[3] In the same year, he had a solo exhibition at The Hague Museum of Photography.[2][5]

His work is held, among other collections, in Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Netherlands Photo Museum, and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Moorman, Mark (17 November 2022). "Marwan Bassiouni is een van de opvallende talenten van Foam, met werk dat al wereldwijd te zien is". De Volkskrant (in Dutch).
  2. ^ a b Lachowskyj, Cat (20 August 2019). "New Dutch Views". British Journal of Photography.
  3. ^ a b "Marwan Bassiouni". H3H Biennale, Oosterhout.
  4. ^ a b "Marwan Bassiouni". Dürst Britt & Mayhew.
  5. ^ "New Dutch Views". Fotomuseum Den Haag. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2024-06-10.