IN THE SHADE OF A TREE
LONDON / PARIS

Decolonizing the Page

Author Zeina Maasri
Client Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship, University of Bristol
Location London, Beirut
Year 2025
Type
Website
Collaboration design with Jana Traboulsi and Erik Hartin

Decolonizing the Page: A Forgotten Golden Age of Arabic Book Arts (1950s–80s) is an online exhibition and archival resource that sheds light on a remarkable era when Arabic book arts flourished, mirroring the artistic, political, and intellectual fervour of decolonization. It contains more than 250 books and presents the work of a generation of Arab artists from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. A bilingual resource designed between Beirut, London and Paris.