The Lebanese painter and president of the "Fine Arts Workshop Association for Culture and Arts," Shawqi Dalaal, as part of his art project titled "Colors of Saudi Arabia with a Lebanese Brush," and on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Fitr, has completed an artwork representing the Holy Kaaba and Makkah in 1850. This is the 37th painting in his art project, which aims to depict cultural, heritage, tourist, economic, and religious landmarks from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dalaal said on the occasion: "I have finished painting the 37th piece of my art project, which I launched five years ago, through which I aim to archive the artistic, cultural, social, and religious heritage in Saudi Arabia. Today, I have completed an important painting in its historical significance of the Holy Kaaba and Makkah in the mid-19th century. On the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Fitr, I dedicate this painting today to the Saudi leadership, its brotherly people, and to all Muslims and believers around the world."
