A female artist has held the first-ever art exhibition by a woman in the town of Al-Zulfi, neighboring the regional capital Bureidah, paving the way for other female artists in the region to exhibit their work. Areej Al-Salim displayed 14 paintings at her exhibition, which she believes will encourage women with similar interests. The success of the exhibition, she said, was due to Allah and the continuous support and encouragement of her father. Al-Salim said there were many female artists in Al-Zulfi in need of support – first and foremost from their guardians - and the opportunity to display their talent. “I would like to see institutes in place to teach the arts so that Al-Zulfi's women artists can establish a society that will enable them to produce notable works capable of competing locally, in the Arab world and internationally,” Al
