Arabian Days and Nights in the 1980s

How would art from Arabian Days and Nights look interpreted to a Middle Eastern/East Asia context with the focus in the 1980s?

Presenter: Tessa Vandenberg

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 20-21

Semester: Fall

Faculty Mentor: Razzan Zahra

Department: English

Funding Source/Sponsor: SYRCE Symposium

Screenshot URL: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1zl7Ereo_8lz2xdjcwrg29hKupfcx4tu1

Abstract:
This project aims to properly represent characters from Naguib Mahfouz's Arabian Days and Nights in a modern sense. It focuses mostly on fashion in the 1980s and how it could be interpreted into a realistic idea of how these characters were represented in the book. It draws from inspiration of fashion from the Middel East and the United States as well due to the final piece of the project. The final piece of the project features two pieces of my own art which I have created to represent the characters.