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Darat Safeya Binzagr
House-museum of pioneer Saudi artist Safeya Binzagr: her paintings and etchings of Hijazi life, most never sold, in a building inspired by Mada’in Saleh.
About
The house-museum of Safeya Binzagr (1940–2024), a founding figure of modern Saudi art and one of the first two women to exhibit publicly in the Kingdom, in 1968. It opened in 2000 and holds most of her work: paintings and etchings recording Hijazi daily life, weddings, dress and the old lanes of Jeddah. She refused to sell these works, so most of them are seen only here. The building nods to the Nabataean facades of Mada’in Saleh, and its carved doors copy the door of her family home in Harat Al-Sham. A library and workshops keep it a working cultural space, not just a memorial.
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Address
King Abdullah Rd, Jeddah