The Madinah Center for the Arts was commissioned by the Madinah Development Authority as a non-profit initiative

to introduce the city to the burgeoning art scene across the nation.

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Madinah is one of the richest cities in the nation in terms of culture, history, and unique resources.

This Center acts as a beacon celebrating the city's culture, local landscape, and unique context.

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Narratives:

• 'mahd - addahab' - is a historic operational gold mine in the outskirts of Al- Madinah; the wealth of the city - FORM

• palms - Al-Madinah is scattered with palm groves, it is emblematic of the city - LANDSCAPE

• pilgrimmage - the key narrative that has shaped the city - ART AS TRANSFORMATION

• the dome - the green dome, hovering above the burial place of the Prophet Mohammed; the epicenter of the city - THE PROPHET

• the souk - an agora, the city's civic heart, what has historically shaped a community of tribes into a Madinah, a polis - COMMUNITY

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