“It’s difficult to imagine anything more sacred to Muslims than the Kiswah that dresses the House of God,” says the Islamic art scholar Julian Raby, who returned as one of the artistic ...
Qatar Museums (QM) is showcasing eight artifacts from its Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) collection at the Islamic Arts Biennale ...
Islamic art is a slow boil. It wraps itself delicately around you, slithers tantalizingly through your being and leaves you ...
Impeccable craftsmanship and numerical attention to detail have long been hallmarks of historical Islamic art, from the ...
Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Visual artist and architect Salwa Saleem says she has a “passion for creating meaningful ...
The chapter AlMadar (The Orbit) presents objects of Islamic arts representing celestial navigation, mapping of oceans and ...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Jan 28: The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah showcased a captivating blend of ...
Jeddah has a central place in Islam. As the gateway to Makkah, the birthplace of Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, the city has ...
Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture, has been ...
The Israeli museum that owns the famous creation by Breguet had been loath to lend it, but then the Science Museum in London ...
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