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Lamia Ziadé

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Lamia Ziadé

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1968 （Beirut, Lebanon）
Nationality
Lebanese
Languages
Arabic, French
Residence History
Lebanon → Paris, France

Career

Occupations
illustrator, visual artist, fabric designer
Active Years
1996-2024

Education

Atelier Met de Penninghen
graphic arts
Country: France
Studied graphic arts

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bye Bye Babylon. Beirut 1975–1979

2011 autobiographical illustrated novel

An autobiographical illustrated novel in which she evokes her personal perception of the transformations that shook her country during the Lebanese Civil War.

Lebanese Civil Warmemoriestrauma
Translations
  • English edition (Jonathan Cape, 2011)

Ô nuit, ô mes yeux: Le Caire / Beyrouth / Damas / Jérusalem

2015 illustrated book

Illustrated work on nights in Cairo, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem.

Middle Eastern citiesnightmemories

Ma très grande mélancolie arabe

2017 illustrated novel

A personal work on Arab melancholy.

Arab culturemelancholyidentity

Bibliography

  • Strip tease
  • Souliax
  • Utilisation maximum de la douceur
  • Dix doigts pour une voix
  • Bye Bye Babylon. Beirut 1975–1979
  • Ô nuit, ô mes yeux: Le Caire / Beyrouth / Damas / Jérusalem
  • Lettres à mon fils
  • Ma très grande mélancolie arabe

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Pop Art-inspired aestheticmixed mediacollageembroideryhumorous and erotic themes
Recurring Motifs
erotic themeswar traumaLebanese memorieseveryday objects like hotels

Legacy

Lebanese illustrator and visual artist based in Paris, renowned for her illustrated books and installations exploring memories and trauma from the Lebanese Civil War.

Trivia

  • In 2008, she exhibited 'Hotel’s War', an installation of childlike building models referencing the Battle of the Hotels in Beirut (1975-1976).