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Born 1979 Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Known for: Photography, calligraphy, painting, installation, performance, video.
"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City," The New York Times, The Saturday Profile by Ben Hubbard, Dec. 2, 2016. IDDA, Saudi Arabia — When a human crush killed more... Read full biography
"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City," The New York Times, The Saturday Profile by Ben Hubbard, Dec. 2, 2016. IDDA, Saudi Arabia — When a human crush killed more than 2,400 people during the hajj pilgrimage in 2015, the Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater was nearby... Read full biography
"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City," The New York Times, The Saturday Profile by Ben Hubbard, Dec. 2, 2016. IDDA, Saudi Arabia — When a human crush killed more than 2,400 people during the hajj pilgrimage in 2015, the Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater was nearby doing what he had spent much of the last five years doing: moving around Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, and taking pictures.?. Mr. Mater, a former physician, had abandoned his medical career to become a... Read full biography
"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City," The New York Times, The Saturday Profile by Ben Hubbard, Dec. 2, 2016. IDDA, Saudi Arabia — When a human crush killed more than 2,400 people during the hajj pilgrimage in 2015, the Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater was nearby doing what he had spent much of the last five years doing: moving around Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, and taking pictures.?. Mr. Mater, a former physician, had abandoned his medical career to become a full-time artist, and he had made it his goal to document the drastic changes taking place in Mecca as a means of diagnosing its overall health. The news of the stampede struck him as an important crisis. So he rushed to the site, navigated past the... Read full biography
"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City," The New York Times, The Saturday Profile by Ben Hubbard, Dec. 2, 2016. IDDA, Saudi Arabia — When a human crush killed more than 2,400 people during the hajj pilgrimage in 2015, the Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater was nearby doing what he had spent much of the last five years doing: moving around Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, and taking pictures.?. Mr. Mater, a former physician, had abandoned his medical career to become a full-time artist, and he had made it his goal to document the drastic changes taking place in Mecca as a means of diagnosing its overall health. The news of the stampede struck him as an important crisis. So he rushed to the site, navigated past the crowds and guards, and snapped photos of the aftermath: lines of bodies on stretchers in the street, covered in white cloth.... Read full biography
