INTRODUCTION 
The first project in the cultural exchange agreement was a study trip to Gammel Dok in August-September 2003 for two artists – the painter Abdul Rahem Salem and the installation artist Karima Al-Shomely from Sharjah. They took part in the exhibition, "Five From Afar", together with three other artists from Sharjah: computer artist Khalil Abdul Wahed, photographer Tarek Al-Ghoussein and sculptor Mohammad Ahmed Ibrahim. The exhibition elicited a positive response and generated new contacts between the artists from Sharjah and Danish artists.

EXHIBITION
Karima Al-Shomely
Abdul Rahem Salem
Khalil Abdul Wahed
Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Mohammad Ahmed Ibrahim

WORK IN RECIDENCE at Gammel Dok August-September 2003
Karima Al-Shomely
Abdul Rahem Salem

STUDYTRIP to Jægerspris Memorial
Sculptor Johannes Wiedewelt (1731-1802)
Ali & Karima Al-Shomely
Else Marie Bukdahl
Mogens Møller
Dorte Dahlin