Exhibit: Fashion: Brides of the Arab World

With examples from all 22 countries in the League of Arab States, this collection of more than 40 elaborate and colorful wedding dresses puts the transition from traditional to contemporary style on display.

• Feb 23 - Mar 15, 2009
• Hall of Nations
• All Day

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Curated especially for the ARABESQUE festival, this collection of more than 40 elaborate and colorful dresses worn by women of the Arab world on their wedding days puts the transition from traditional to contemporary style on display. With examples from all 22 countries in the League of Arab States, these dresses capture the exquisite textile arts, decorative jewel-encrusted craftsmanship, and intimate familial traditions of the region.

Part of ARABESQUE: Arts of the Arab World. FREE, no tickets required.

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PRESENTING UNDERWRITER
HRH Foundation

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
A. Huda and Samia Farouki
The State of Kuwait
The State of Qatar
The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, D.C.


Additional support is provided by the Ministry of Culture and Information, Kingdom of Bahrain; the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center; The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development; the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; Alice and David Rubenstein; Saudi Aramco; the Ford Foundation; Elizabeth and Michael Kojaian; Elaine and Steve Wynn; Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Mr. Smith Bagley; The Laura Pels Foundation; and the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.

Presented in cooperation with the League of Arab States.



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