Karl Bassil, Zeina Maasri, and Akram Zaatari, eds., “Foreword,” in Mapping Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography, in collaboration with Walid Raad (Beirut: Mind the Gap and the Arab Image Foundation, 2002), 2. Due to their digital remediation, the digitized images of the AIF collection are reconfigured into a new image-form with modified structures, functions, and ways of presentation, which considerably affects the way they are perceived and interpreted. [7] While their accelerated and simplified distribution as digital images might increase their visibility and value as visual information, it might also endanger their significance as historical documents. [8] “The photographic transformation of matter into information changes its tempor(e)ality as well,” says media theorist Wolfgang Ernst. He continues, To find the best foundation formulas and brands, Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty Lab scientists and editors scan the market for bases across price points, which are then label-masked to eliminate bias. Professional makeup artist evaluators test the foundations on factors such as dispensing, texture, application (spreadability, blendability, buildability) and coverage look and feel. Formulas that claim moisturization benefits, like tinted moisturizers and BB and CC creams, are also tested for skin hydrating effects using the Lab's Corneometer device. In the GH Beauty Lab's latest foundation test, scientists analyzed 190 submitted products to find the top 30 contenders for evaluation, quantifying 919 data points to find the best-performing formulas.

In early February 2021, Lokman Slim, writer, activist, critic and co-founder of UMAM D&R was assassinated in the south of Lebanon. We condemn all political assassinations and call on duty bearers to bring this crime to justice. Courtesy of Marwan Tahtah Isolated footing comprises a foundation directly at the base of the segment. Generally, every section has its footing. They straightforwardly transfer the loads from the column to the soil. It might be rectangular, square, or roundabout. It can comprise both reinforced and non-reinforced material. For the non-reinforced footing, however, the stature of the footing has to be more prominent to give the vital spreading of the load. They should possibly be utilized when it is sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that no differing settlements will happen under the whole structure. Spread footings are inadmissible for the orientation of large loads. It is given to lessen the twisting minutes and shearing powers in their primary areas. Some cultures have been in the dark far too long. Can we project our identities, sexualities and aspirations in a sensual and authentic way without being sensationalist? Take a look at what it means to be queer in our region and how Mohamad Abdouni brings out the intimate and the community in his upcoming publication, Treat Me Like Your Mother. ​ Thanks to the efforts of friends and members of the Arab Image Foundation, we continue to mobilize new and recurring individual philanthropists. A big warm thank you goes to all those individuals who encourage us to keep going no matter what. An up-to-date list of names we are indebted to can be found here. The Arab Image Foundation’s work is an ever-evolving research process into ways of looking at, interpreting, and interacting with the photographic objects in its custody. A photographic negative or print, once created, remains in constant physical mutation. Likewise, its historical, cultural, and affective lives will depend on the viewer and will continue to shift.This webinar was part of a ​ project of the Qatar National Library and in cooperation with University College London-Qatar and the British Library-Qatar Foundation Partnership, to raise awareness about the importance of preserving sound and audiovisual heritage in the Gulf and Arab regions and raising capabilities in the field of preservation and digitisation. Left: Vera Tamari. In the Cypress Tree Garden , 1993. Clay relief with coloured slips, 37.5 x 43 x 6 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Fig. 12. Baqari’s wife, Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1954. From Akram Zaatari’s Objects of Study/The Archvive of Studio Shehrazade/Hashem el Madani/Studio Practices. Collection AIF/Hashem el Madani. Credit: the Arab Image Foundation. It is now about twenty years ago that Lebanese photographers Fouad Elkoury and Samer Mohdad, together with Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari, decided to create an organization with the aim to preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Arab diaspora. In 1997 the Arab Image Foundation (AIF) began to operate officially as a nonprofit organization in Beirut. Conceived as an initiative to gather knowledge and promote awareness about the region’s photographic heritage through locating, collecting, and conserving photographs, the AIF now holds a collection of more than 600,000 photographs from Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Algeria, as well as Mexico, Senegal, and Argentina, dating from the mid-nineteenth century. [1] Curatorial work defines the mission of the AIF not only in the sense that it is safekeeping and managing a collection, but also in that it has always sought to make the collection visible to the public. One major tool has been an online image database, which makes approximately 20,000 photographs accessible. Another central medium of display is the exhibition format. Since its inception, the AIF has produced fifteen exhibitions that have traveled worldwide, often accompanied by comprehensive publications.

Fig. 14. Videostill from Akram Zaatari On Photography, People and Modern Times, 2010. Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut: Hamburg. Credit: Akram Zaatari, 2013. This workshop aimed to look at photographs from the AIF’s collections through a postcolonial lens, to shift the focus to what, in contemporary terms, a colonial presence – or absence – may look like through photography from the region. Looking into the AIF’s photographic collections provided new insights into the present, sparking an important shared conversation across languages and cultures about what the "colonial" means, today, in our context.Furthermore, considering the size of the AIF collection and the time it will take to digitize it in its entirety (which is essentially the objective of the foundation), the AIF and its online database at this point paradigmatically illustrate what Ernst calls “a divided memory world” in which some data circulates online “while undigitized photographs remain largely unseen in physical archives.” [10] How is colonial presence seen, felt, and documented in still and moving images? How are certain populations depicted in the photographic collections of the Arab Image Foundation – and how does the everyday feature in images taken through their lens? In her role at the AIF, Rana will work closely with the board of directors – who will collectively be responsible for the foundation’s artistic vision and direction. The board of directors is excited that Rana will join the foundation in this pivotal moment, and looks forward to a fruitful and enriching collaboration. When the column is close to the property line and the isolated footing would cross the property line or become eccentric. Parr, Martin; Badger, Gerry (2006). The Photobook: A History - Volume 2. London and New York: Phaidon. p.129. ISBN 0-7148-4433-0.

IASA-TC 03 The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy IMAGE Skincare products are dedicated to enhancing your skin's natural beauty. IMAGE Skincare’s mindful formulas deliver real results by blending science, innovation, and nature to create products that transform your skin and empower your confidence. Shape, Emily (2011). "Preserving the photographic heritage of the Middle East". The Art Newspaper (222). Archived from the original on 4 November 2011 . Retrieved 21 January 2012. Wolfgang Ernst, “Archive, Storage, Entropy: Tempor(e)alities of Photography,” in The Archive as Project – the Poetics and Politics of the (Photo)Archive, ed. Krysztof Pijarski (Warsaw: Fundacja Archeologia Fotografi, 2011), 56–78, here 64.ashkal alwan: news and media". ashkal alwan. October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013 . Retrieved 20 December 2012. Born in Qaladiza in Iraqi Kurdistan and currently based in Turin, Italy, Rawsht has been working on and processing the archive of his father, photographer Twana Abdullah, which brings together 20,000 photographic objects of different formats, including paper prints, negatives, and 35mm film rolls. Shot between 1974 and 1992, these images are an important record of the everyday life of the people of Kurdistan. Spread out across two floors and a mezzanine, our new 800 m 2 space will accommodate improved preservation and digitisation labs; a larger cool storage room (CSR) and a quarantine area for incoming collections; a work and display area; and a new space dedicated to library resources and to welcoming researchers. Right: Vera Tamari’s father with ​ family and friends in Hebron, circa 1929. Standing in the middle with a white hat is Vera’s aunt Alexandra. Faik Tamari collection. Foundation is one of the essential parts of the structure. It is defined as that part of the structure that transfers the load from the structure constructed on it as well as its weight over a large area of soil in such a way that the amount does not exceed the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil and the settlement of the whole structure remains within a tolerable limit. Foundation is the part of a structure on which the building stands. The solid ground on which it rests is known as the foundation bed. Why a Foundation is Provided