Karen Dabrowska

Karen Dabrowska is a London-based reporter.

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Iraqi artist Yousif Nasser (Yousif Nasser facebook account)
‘Fifteen lira’ blood-stained notes launch anti-war art project
November 30, 2020
The National Museum in Taiz after restoration. (Karen Dabrowska)
World Monuments Fund restores buildings in war-ravaged Yemen
January 25, 2020
Tutankhamun sarcophagus. (The Saatchi Gallery)
Tutankhamun still draws large crowds in London
January 11, 2020
From women’s perspective. Azadeh Moaveni with the women of ISIS. (Courtesy of Azadeh Moaveni)
Taking a new look at women of ISIS
December 07, 2019
Artist Lena Naassana, Saeida Rouass, Hannah Khalil and Nour Hage. (Dr Johnson’s House)
London exhibition explores Britain, Middle East ties
December 07, 2019
“We Love Life” by Bahia Shehab. (Charlene Rodrigues)
Video works inspired by Arab revolts premiere in London's Aga Khan Centre
November 16, 2019
A general view of New Hermopolis. (Thomas Cleave Lyons)
New Hermopolis, an ecological retreat blooms in Egypt’s desert
November 02, 2019
An interest in the Islamic world. A portrait of Sultan Bayezid I, oil on canvas, 1580.(Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia)
Orientalist art legacy on display in rare exhibition at British Museum
October 26, 2019
Author Yasmin Khan. (Courtesy of Yasmin Khan)
Cookbooks that offer more than kitchen recipes
October 19, 2019
Untold story. “Memory and Loss” by Ali Raza Garmiany.(Gulan)
‘Road Through Kurdistan’ stops in London
October 12, 2019
Fadhila Bechar (L) and Victoria Adukwei Bulley (R) at the translation workshop in Tunisia. (Courtesy of The British Council)
‘New Poetry from North Africa’ illuminates London evening
October 05, 2019
British enough. Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon Layla Moran. (Courtesy of Layla Moran)
Under-researched and largely invisible, British Arabs have great potential
September 21, 2019
A view of a Miraj watch. (Karen Dabrowska)
Islamic heritage inspiring watch design
August 31, 2019
A general view of the Basra Museum in southern Iraq. (Courtesy of the Basra Museum)
Basra Museum comes with a view and a British-funded library
August 17, 2019
A scene from the “Freedom Fields” documentary. (Courtesy of Naziha Arebi)
Looking at post-Qaddafi Libya through the eyes of female footballers
August 03, 2019
A scene from the play “X-Adra.” (Ahmed Naji)
Former Syrian prisoners put experience in Adra Prison on stage
August 03, 2019
Tragic stories. The salvaged wreck of a boat that capsized off the coast of Libya in 2015.(Max Hirzel)
London exhibition displays migrant tragedies at sea
July 20, 2019
“The Breakup” from the exhibition of Michael Rakowitz in London. (Karen Dabrowska)
Michael Rakowitz exhibition showcases destruction of Iraqi heritage
June 22, 2019
Palm wood products displayed at the Egyptian Bureau for Cultural and Educational Affairs during London craft week foto supplied
The win-win revolution of turning discarded palm ribs into modern furniture
June 15, 2019
An old photograph from Uzbekistan on display at the exhibition in London. (Karen Dabrowska)
A photographic journey through the Islamic world then and now
April 27, 2019