ArtDayME: Mathaf’s permanent collection galleries bring together landmark artists and pivotal works from the Arab World, the Middle East and other regions that are historically connected to Qatar and the Arab Peninsula.

Gallery 8, Women in Society, highlights iconic works that challenge sociocultural norms and representations of women’s identity.

This rotation introduces a variety of artistic practices, with each having its own narratives, such as Huguette Caland’s inspirations of textiles and motherland. Depictions of everyday life and family are core elements of understanding the region’s culture, namely in the works of Jewad Salim and Jassim al-Zaini.

^{Installation view of Jassim al-Zaini, Discovery, 1995. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}

^{Installation view of works by Inji Efflatoun. Clockwise, from top left: Portrait of a Woman Behind Bars, 1959; Portrait of a Prisoner, 1960; Portrait of a Prisoner, 1963; and Portrait of a Prisoner, 1960. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}

^{Installation view of Louay Kayyali, Woman Reading, 1960. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}

^{Installation view of Saif al-Kuwari, Women, undated, and (background) Khaled Takreti, Generations, 2010. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}

^{Installation view of Inji Efflatoun, Greeting to South Lebanon Bride, 1985. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}

^{Installation view of (left) Chaibia Talal, Les Tisseuses De Chtouka (The Weavers of Chtouka), 1987, and (right) Huguette Caland, Suburb, 1969. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}

^{Installation view of Ismail Fattah, Faces, 1998. Photo: Ammar Alqamash. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art}