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WASHINGTON, DC – The Qatar America Institute for Culture (QAIC) is pleased to present the multi-sensory exhibition, Pearls of Wonder: a digital era. The exhibition explores Qatar’s rich and involved history of pearl diving and its related traditions and culture through a contemporary lens. Video, audio and virtual reality-based installations by Alanoud Al-Buainain, Maryam Al-Homaid, Said Al-Khulaifi, May Salah Almannai and Mohammed Faraj Al-Suwaidi transport visitors to a time when Qatar was the most important pearl producer in the in the world.

Curated by Dr. Bahaaeldin Abudaya, Curator of …