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The New Museum in New York City recently opened a new exhibit showcasing contemporary Arabic art\u00a0which will run until September 28. \u00a0The exhibit includes over 45 artists from 15 countries. You can see some of the pieces in the exhibit here at the Huffington Post. They tell an interesting story about issues in the Middle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":5045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,21,23],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-muslim-art","tag-new-museum"],"yoast_head":"\n
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