Atharna

Middle Eastern Life Through a Local Lens

Explore Ali Al Sharji's inspiration and views on Oman's creative community

Explore My Lens

Where we come from and what we leave behind

Our collaboration with Brownbook provides a cultural guide to the Middle East

Atharna celebrates skilled craft people and provides them with the platform they deserve

In the Kuwait home of master craftswomen Um Fayez, the loom takes central place.

A Bahraini chest maker keeps one of the Arabian Gulf archipelago’s proudest crafts alive.

In Petra, artisans create earthenware with raw material from the surroundings – just like Nabatean craftspeople did millennia ago.