Walls And Courtyards Brought To Life At 13Th Sikka Art & Design Festival
A remarkable collection of murals, artworks, and sculptures is transforming the Al Shindagha Historic Neighbourhood as it hosts the 13th ...
Qatar Tribune12h
Football creates vibrant spaces for the exchange of art and culture
DOHA: Fatima Al Sharshani is a Qatari scientist who turned her love for Arabic calligraphy into a vibrant art career.Most recently, she partnered up with Paris Saint-Germain ...
Rediscovered fresco reveals Islamic tents in medieval Christian churches
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...
Remembering the lost art of calligraphy in Kashmir from the 7th century to the late 19th century
“The artist who, in the shadow of the throne of His Majesty, has become a master of calligraphy is Muhammad Husain of Kashmir ...
The Art Newspaper2d
An entwining of the past and present: how history and modernity inform Islamic art in the 21st century
The organisers of the Islamic Arts Biennale have ceased trying to define Islamic art in favour of encouraging full expression of what it means to be a Muslim in the most diverse and inclusive way poss ...
Jeddah’s Islamic Arts Biennale Shows Off a New Saudi Arabia
The lavishly mounted exhibition brings art to the people, especially pilgrims traveling to the faith’s birthplace.
Hebdo Ahram5d
The comedy of life
Marking his book, published late last year but available at the Cairo International Book Fair, the renowned artist Mohamed ...
Al-Monitor6d
Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops
Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...