Al-Khor City Late 1960s (Qatar)

This collection is based on photographs taken by foreign visitors who came to Qatar in the late 1960s and early 1970s and travelled through different parts of the country, particularly Al-Khor.

These photographs have a personal significance for me: I live in Al-Khor, and many of them show people we knew. That connection to the place and its people led me to paint these scenes.

In painting them, I kept the people and scenes as close to the original photographs as possible. I worked with colour and shadow to convey my feelings towards these images, combining that faithful record with my own connection to Al-Khor and its people.

Archival photographs of Al-Khor used as references for this collection.