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The photograph draws from historic orientalist paintings such as Frank Dicksee\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-britain\/exhibition\/lure-east-british-orientalist-painting\/explore-exhibition\/lure-3\">Leila<\/a><\/em>, or Rudolf Ernst\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/hoocher.com\/Rudolf_Ernst\/Rudolf_Ernst.htm\">Harem Girls<\/a><\/em>: paintings known to fetishize women. Essaydi transforms the image, giving it a more modern look and reappropriating the notion of the harem, as a space designated strictly for women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redefining the image of Arab women: The triptych, from Moroccan photographer Lalla Essaydi in her series titled \u2018Harem,\u2019 makes a powerful statement about women and their relationship with Arab culture, in an aim to disrupt orientalist stereotypes, according to Kwan Fong Gallery. 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