Mathaf Encyclopedia of Modern Art and the Arab World, Doha, Qatar
Samia Touati, Ph. D. established the standardization processes and co-developed the Contributor’s Guidelines of Mathaf Encyclopedia Modern Art and the Arab world as member of the initial founding team of Mathaf Encyclopedia 2012-2016, Doha, Qatar, and worked with the former founding Director of Research Professor Nada Shabout.
Touati authored the first peer-reviewed biographies that served as sample standardized entries of the Mathaf Encyclopedia. As the Founding Research and Editorial Manager of Mathaf Encyclopedia, Touati worked on the verification of facts and data on artists and artwork from the Arab world and standardization of art terminologies, glossaries and Arabic style while working closely with specialized peer reviewers, academics, scholars, researchers, authors, editors, translators, artists, art institutions, estate holders, and the founding Mathaf Research team.
Standardized and peer reviewed Arab Artists biographies provide a significant resource for students, researchers and scholars working on artists and art from the Middle East and North Africa.
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Ahmed Cherkaoui, Moroccan artist
Yousef Ahmad, Qatari artist
Salim al-Dabbagh, Iraqi Artist
Fahrelnissa Zeid, Turkish artist
Samia Touati served as a research proposals peer reviewer, and a judge of the Qatar National Research Fund, Doha, Qatar
Samia Touati (third from lower left) judges with QNRF Leadership Team during Undergraduate Research Experience Program – UREP 7th Competition, Doha, Qatar, March 2015. Courtesy of Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
