At the Threshold of the UAE’s 54th Anniversary:Bita Vakili’s Painting in the Raha Gallery Collection

The fusion of the Abu Dhabi mosque (tradition) with the towers (modernity) re-creates a visual discourse of Emirati identity—an identity rising from the earth and reaching toward the sky. Bita Vakili’s painting, housed in the Raha Gallery Middle East Collection, illustrates that today’s UAE is the result of the coexistence of tradition and technology, faith and development, Islamic architecture and global innovation—a nation looking toward the future while never forgetting its roots. Beyond…

Bita Vakili and the Map of Iran in Raha Gallery Collection_ A Painting that Comes with Its Own Music and Song

This painting by Bita Vakili, accompanied by an original composition and lyrics, reinterprets national identity through a contemporary, multimedia perspective. Combining material science, cartography, and conceptual art, Vakili portrays Iran not as a geographical territory but as a living, dynamic, and multilayered being. In her vision, metals flow like the veins of civilization through the body of the earth, and every washer and bolt carries traces of labor, endurance, and history. Here,…