Arab Image Foundation

Arab Image Foundation
المؤسسة العربية للصورة
Established1997
LocationBeirut, Lebanon
TypePhotography
Collection size500,000
DirectorRana Nasser Eddin
Websitewww.arabimagefoundation.org

The Arab Image Foundation (Arabic: المؤسسة العربية للصورة, al-Muʾassasah al-ʿArabiyyah lil-Ṣūrah) is a non-profit organization established in Beirut in 1997. It aims to track down, collect, preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora.[1] Its expanding collection includes more than 600,000 photographic objects from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Mexico, Argentina, and Senegal.[2]

  1. ^ "Arab Image Foundation". Monocle. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Arab Image Foundation - biennale 3". Thessaloniki Biennale. Retrieved 21 January 2012.