A heartfelt, decades�long correspondence between two paragons of Arabic art and culture
When author Abdul Rahman Munif (1933�2004) began his biography on Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934�2016), he wrote to the artist with his questions. Marwan responded by recording his answers on seven audio tapes. This book anthologizes the correspondence exchanged between two friends, between Berlin and Damascus, from 1990 to 2004.
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Published by Hatje Cantz. Text by Marwan Kassab-Bachi, Abdul Rahman Munif.
A heartfelt, decades�long correspondence between two paragons of Arabic art and culture
When author Abdul Rahman Munif (1933�2004) began his biography on Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934�2016), he wrote to the artist with his questions. Marwan responded by recording his answers on seven audio tapes. This book anthologizes the correspondence exchanged between two friends, between Berlin and Damascus, from 1990 to 2004.