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A New Book by Dr. Yasmine Taan

By Raissa Batakji

LAU Director of the Institute of Art in the Arab World Yasmine Taan has launched her fourth book in the Khatt Books Series, Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui: The First Lebanese Woman to Brand Her Nation about the first academically trained female graphic designer to set up a practice in the Arab region. In it, Dr. Taan delves into the cultural challenges that Sehnaoui faced, and how she went on to shape the Lebanese visual identity through her work for the National Council of Tourism.