Thursday, November 12, 2015

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany

With Homemade Harvest just around the corner, I wanted to take a little time to talk about the artwork that will be hanging on the walls around my living room.

These limited edition canvas and photo watercolor prints are by Seattle artist Samia El-Moslimany.
Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany

Samia is currently engaged on a refugee relief mission for the Salaam Cultural Museum and unable to be at our event.  While I do make it a requirement that all artists be present for customer questions at Homemade Harvest, I do understand sometimes life happens and you find yourself on a beach instead of an art show pop up.

Since Samia is standing on the shores of Lesvos, Greece helping flagging down boats, she was unable to answer my interview questions. I did manage to find a bio from an art exhibit we did together this past August at the Arab Festival.

In honor of her working instead of hanging out with us, I'm asking anyone coming to bring gently used medical supplies to the Homemade Harvest for donations.

I hope you are able to stop by and enjoy her artwork that will be up for sale.

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany


Samia El-Moslimany, is a Saudi-American originally hailing from Seattle, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Film Making and Television Production and her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Washington. 

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany

In addition to Seattle, she has lived in Kuwait and currently splits her time between the US and Saudi Arabia her home for more than 30 years. Samia is the mother of a daughter, two sons, three foster sons and is the grandmother of the most adorable baby in the world.

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany
Samia has photographed professionally for close to 30 years, and is the managing owner of one of Arabia’s leading photography studios located in Jeddah. In addition to numerous Saudi publications, Samia has photographed for Business Week, Fortune, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marie Claire Magazine, Institutional Investor, Le Figaro, Saudi Aramco World, The Christian Science Monitor, the Associated Press, and most recently photographed for the cover of a TIME Magazine.

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany
Samia’s volunteer activities include having serving as a founder and chair of the board of directors CAIR-WA, as a founding member of the Jeddah Orphan Eid Gift Project, as a member of the steering committee of Together We Build, a Seattle interfaith coalition working with Habitat for Humanity, as a member of the Muslim Youth Camp of California board of directors as a volunteer and Community Activity Chairperson at the Islamic School of Seattle, and as a co-founder of the Wanisa Sisterhood, a support network for First Wives, in Saudi Arabia.

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany
In January of 2012, Samia reluctantly became involved in a family law dispute in Saudi Arabia and took on the justice system. Samia prevailed in her cases and was pleasantly surprised to find individuals and a system within the Saudi Shariah courts that advocated for women’s rights.

Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany
On October 26, 2013 when over a hundred Saudi women took the drivers seat in a call to allow women basic freedom of movement and the right to drive, Samia was one of the only two women who were arrested and detained with by authorities. She was later released without benefit of her “legal guardian” which was without precedent.
 
Homemade Harvest 2015 Artist - Samia El-Moslimany

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