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A fact from Shefa Salem appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that cave art, indigenous dance and an ancient flute inspired the work of Libyan artist Shefa Salem?
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... that the inspiration for Libyan artist Shefa Salem's painting Libyan Flute came from reading an archaeological journal? Source: "Among the new paintings she presented in the show, is “Libyan Flute”. The idea for the work came to the artist after reading a paper article published in the Cambridge Libyan Studies magazine about the oldest flute in the word, found in Libya. The study suggested that the Greeks adopted this instrument and made it their own, building their own mythology around it, but it actually originated in Libya." https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211123-i-am-libya-24-year-old-artist-shefa-salem-re-imagines-libyan-history/
ALT1: ... that Shefa Salem's artworks are inspired by ancient art from archaeological sites such as Deir el-Bahari and the Acacus Mountains? Source: Deir El-Bahari: "Her 2020 painting Kaska, Dance of War, which is part of her Identity Project on Libyan history, portrays the Libyan Kaska dance, traditionally performed by the Timihu - Amazigh people from the Sahara region living along the Libyan border. The first depiction of this dance appeared on the walls of Egyptian temples in Deir el-Bahari thousands of years ago, showing soldiers dancing Kaska as they fight with sticks for water." https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/libya-five-emerging-artists-watch Acacus Mountains: "Another striking canvas in the I am Libya show is called Funeral Ritual in the Acacus. The work is based on a cave painting from roughly 4000 BC, found in the Acacus Mountains, depicting a boat with some people on it, including one that is upside down." https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211123-i-am-libya-24-year-old-artist-shefa-salem-re-imagines-libyan-history/
Interesting young artist, on fine sources, foreign sources accepted AGF. I am not happy yet with the hooks; - perhaps a fusion of facts from both might work. I'd be much more interested in the oldest flute found in Lybia than some reading in a journal, for example. Wishes for a hook: say Libyan somewhere (like the original), say somehow that she is a woman, such as "her painting". Give some idea of when this plays, such as a year. - I fixed the redirect in ALT1. - Please put new suggestions below. For the article: the wording in lead and prose should not be exactly the same, and that wording is quite close to the sources. Better rephrase both, differently. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2 ...that cave art, indigenous dance and an ancient flute inspired Libyan artist Shefa Salem in her work? www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211123-i-am-libya-24-year-old-artist-shefa-salem-re-imagines-libyan-history/ Lajmmoore (talk) 14:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting young artist, on fine sources, foreign sources accepted AGF. I am not happy yet with the hooks; - perhaps a fusion of facts from both might work. I'd be much more interested in the oldest flute found in Lybia than some reading in a journal, for example. Wishes for a hook: say Libyan somewhere (like the original), say somehow that she is a woman, such as "her painting". Give some idea of when this plays, such as a year. - I fixed the redirect in ALT1. - Please put new suggestions below. For the article: the wording in lead and prose should not be exactly the same, and that wording is quite close to the sources. Better rephrase both, differently. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
thank you. You may want to check if we have articles to link to such as Archeology in Libya or that flute, but for DYK, it's fine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
