Marwan Bassiouni

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
  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. Lachowskyj, Cat (20 August 2019). "New Dutch Views". British Journal of Photography.
  3. "Marwan Bassiouni". H3H Biennale, Oosterhout.
  4. "Marwan Bassiouni". Dürst Britt & Mayhew.
  5. "New Dutch Views". Fotomuseum Den Haag. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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