The 12th annual Islamic Arts Festival will take place Nov. 15-16 at the University of Houston. It is considered one of the ...

Turkish and/or Muslim writers such as Fatma Aydemir and Nazlı Koca – who now lives in America, writing in English – tell ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar about how he's processing the U.S. strikes again Iran ...

In between dramatic sunsets, glasses of habak tea and meeting a legion of young creatives, a trip to Saudi Arabia will also ...

Titled Where Ink Tides Meet, the debut show of the Dalam Collection series contains 50 paintings, mostly from the 20th ...

Dr. Omar added: “This time, we’re witnessing a distinctive artistic experiment that unites three creators in a black-and-white-themed exhibition. The works span calligraphy, typographic expression, ...

This black-and-white thinking ignores the complexities of faith/belief and practice, ... Islamic art, literature and ... with their soaring minarets and elaborate calligraphy, ...

Along with the oasis town of AlUla, which has become a major art site in the desert, there have been two Contemporary Art Biennales in Riyadh, and countless smaller projects. The IAB may be the most ...

The second edition of the Saudi Arabian event brings together religious masterworks—including objects from the Vatican in the countries' first-ever collaboration—and contemporary art ...

The six-year-old South Asia Institute, 1925 S. Michigan, examines this new brand of calligraphy with an expansive exhibition that should appeal not only to calligraphy and Asian-art devotees but ...

The Saadiyat Cultural District, in Abu Dhabi, offers an extraordinary concentration of cultural experiences that celebrate the stories of the United Arab Emirates while inspiring curiosity and ...