tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post8833497039209352453..comments2024-03-22T01:24:37.146-07:00Comments on Skeptic in Qatar: Museum lectures, part twoGlen McKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120296462964981195noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-39256094792396883262010-11-02T11:41:30.942-07:002010-11-02T11:41:30.942-07:00That's exactly the painting you're describ...That's exactly the painting you're describing. I tried looking for an e-mail address on your site to send it to but couldn't find one. I just copied the entire link from h to g in my browser again and it worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-53869287988121900572010-10-30T02:44:06.970-07:002010-10-30T02:44:06.970-07:00For some reason the link wouldn't work but giv...For some reason the link wouldn't work but given your description I'm pretty sure it's not the painting. In the painting I was mentioning she was painted like a Buddhist aesthetic, with a shaved head and Buddhist-like robes sitting crosslegged under a tree, only her robes had fallen off her shoulder.<br /><br />I recall the professor giving the lecture mentioning the stories of her being an entertainer but I think she said that Rabia would've likely been too young at the time to be a topless dancer/entertainer. Unfortunately when all you have is hagiography it is difficult to tell what ultimately is or is not the truth.Glen McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120296462964981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-16955929678392816472010-10-26T23:37:03.055-07:002010-10-26T23:37:03.055-07:00Is this the painting you're talking about?
htt...Is this the painting you're talking about?<br />http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TvqdEdklDTM/TDPShvKuzvI/AAAAAAAAAUw/3w5Z5rQ1o2o/s1600/rabiahsinger.jpg<br /><br />Turns out, following her dad's death and some famine in Basra, she was captured as a youngster and sold into slavery. As a beautiful young girl she was an entertainer for her master and his guests, drank heavily, etc. until "she found her path" and was set free. Hence the painting as a topless entertainer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com