Mousganistan
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the vivid, boundary-defying world of Mousganistan, Belgian-Moroccan photographer Mous Lamrabat constructs an entirely imaginary nation — a utopian land where Islamic culture collides, fuses, and dances with Western iconography in a riot of colour, identity, and wit. Through his lens, traditional North African dress meets pop-culture archetypes and global fashion aesthetics, producing portraits that are at once deeply personal and universally provocative, chronicling the lived experience of a generation caught between two worlds. Lamrabat's visual language is bold, irreverent, and unmistakably his own — a sophisticated visual argument that identity is not inherited but invented, layered, and celebrated. Mousganistan presents a significant body of work that challenges the binary narratives of East and West, Muslim and modern, belonging and exile, inviting the viewer to ask: what nation do *you* inhabit? Whether you encounter it as a photography monograph, a cultural statement, or a manifesto of joyful resistance, this work leaves an indelible mark long after the final page is turned.
Author: Mous Lamrabat
Format: Hardback
Published: 2024, Lannoo
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the vivid, boundary-defying world of Mousganistan, Belgian-Moroccan photographer Mous Lamrabat constructs an entirely imaginary nation — a utopian land where Islamic culture collides, fuses, and dances with Western iconography in a riot of colour, identity, and wit. Through his lens, traditional North African dress meets pop-culture archetypes and global fashion aesthetics, producing portraits that are at once deeply personal and universally provocative, chronicling the lived experience of a generation caught between two worlds. Lamrabat's visual language is bold, irreverent, and unmistakably his own — a sophisticated visual argument that identity is not inherited but invented, layered, and celebrated. Mousganistan presents a significant body of work that challenges the binary narratives of East and West, Muslim and modern, belonging and exile, inviting the viewer to ask: what nation do *you* inhabit? Whether you encounter it as a photography monograph, a cultural statement, or a manifesto of joyful resistance, this work leaves an indelible mark long after the final page is turned.