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Zabrah, is the most precious moment of one's lifetime. It is a traditional Qatari word that defines the dressing up for special occasions, it stems from our genuine heritage, our great history and our own identity to describe one's maximum feeling of honor, pride and excitement in a specific time and definite place. A year ago The Cultural Village Foundation, "Katara" invited us (a group of 6 Qatari artists), to hold an exhibition of our artwork portraying elements of Qatari culture and highlighting some details of our traditions, an exhibition that could express our identity through art. After  months of intensive collaboration and work together, we achieved our goal, and decided that "ZABRAH", would be the unique traditional theme of this exhibition. It is a symbol that tells personal stories and embodies special memories of one's very happy occasions and distinguished events at different stages of our lives. We hopped the exhibition could tell something about our culture, but more then that, we were surprised it presented everything we had in our minds and hearts and wished to express in this exhibition about our traditions and heritage. The theme of the exhibition itself was unique, so we wanted to display the artwork in a unique way also.  We decided to have the exhibition at the gallery for visitors, and at the same time, outdoors, shown for a long term period to all Katara Visitors. All the photographs were taken at a studio and staged, under very demanding and as accurate as possible traditional outfits and jewelry, some extremely rare and precious. We hope this exhibition will impress the audience, and bring to their minds lovely memories of happy moments. Artists Names Heyya Al Mohannadi Shuaa Jassim Abdullah ali Al Mannai Fatima Al Abdullah Maryam Al Khawaja Dana Al Khalaf