Saudi artist wins global recognition for work celebrating GCC Summit

Saudi artist wins global recognition for work celebrating GCC Summit

Saudi artist wins global recognition for work celebrating GCC Summit

Saudi artist wins global recognition for work celebrating GCC Summit

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The GCC logo appears at the center of the piece surrounded by inscriptions resembling the rock art and carvings of the Lihyan civilization. (Supplied)

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Saudi artist wins global recognition for work celebrating GCC Summit

Basma Al-Balawi's piece depicting AlUla history has gone viral after leaders signed deal to end rift with Qatar

Updated 07 January 2021

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JEDDAH: A young Saudi artist has attracted global attention with her eye-catching piece of artwork to mark the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in AlUla.

Basma Al-Balawi's piece depicting the history of AlUla has been the talk of social media since Gulf leaders signed a normalization agreement at the conference to end a three-year rift with Qatar.

Twitter users in the Gulf region widely shared images of the artwork which celebrated the important summit meeting.

"I first thought of this work when AlUla was announced to be the host of the 41st GCC summit. I wanted to celebrate my city's rich historic and archaeological heritage using elements from our nature and monuments,“ Al-Balawi told Arab News.

She said that the choice of AlUla to host the event