The Independent

The British Independent newspaper profiled Mr Shafik Gabr and reported on his East West initiative – in an article dated 15th November 2012. The Independent’s article headline was: “Shafik Gabr: Man with a mission – how to get the East talking to the...

Washington Times Coverage

The East-West: The Art of Dialogue initiative has been featured in an article in the Washington Times. The article, called ‘Orientalist art’s reversal of fortune’, describes how Shafik Gabr has become a major collector of Orientalist art – and how...

Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine

The Shafik Gabr collection of Orientalist traveler paintings is featured in the September/October edition of the Fine Art Connoisseur magazine. Under the heading ‘An Egyptian Collector Publishes his Orientalist Paintings’, the article explains how Shafik...

New York Times on East:West Dialogue

The New York Times has reported on the East-West: The Art of Dialogue initiative – describing how the Shafik Gabr Foundation is launching a “global cultural exchange project”. The article, published on the 26th September 2012, went on to say: “Mr Gabr will use...

جريدة الشرق الأوسط

حب الفن يدفع مليونيرا مصريا لوضع خطة للحوار بين الشرق والغرب شفيق جبر الشغوف بالتصوير ورسومات الاستشراق يطلق مبادرة للتبادل الثقافي بين عدد من العواصم العالمية قبل أن يبدأ المليونير المصري شفيق جبر حياته المهنية، كان مصورا فوتوغرافيا يمتلئ بالطموح، حيث بدأ وهو في سن...