Mosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...
Art dealer Gordon VeneKlasen abhors censorship but concedes that China represents a huge, still untapped market: “Asia is a ...
The community multi-faith event is being hosted by the Midlands Art Centre for the second year. On Sunday, more than 350 people gathered in St George's Hall to break their Ramadan fast.
The exhibit, running through April 13, explores the Wadsworth’s Islamic arts collection and features geometric patterns and ...
The world’s only biennale dedicated to the arts of Islamic civilisation is taking place in Jeddah, with hundreds of striking artworks and artefacts on display at Saudi Arabia’s second Islamic Arts ...
In this interview, conducted with Shahzia Sikander and the artist’s mother, the two discuss Sikander’s early interest in art, and the ways in which her ... women from this strong family of women. Was ...
In all these iterations, defending Islam was a principal, defining obligation of the state in a country thought to be paradigmatically modern and secular. She also draws on a wide sampling of evidence ...
Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the new crescent moon that signifies the official first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred ...
Standing in the shadow of Warsaw’s Soviet-era Palace of Culture and Science, MSN Warsaw, raises its voice for progress and freedom.
Islam originated in Arabia in the 7th century and spread westwards towards the Mediterranean and eastwards into Persia. By the 8th century, it had expanded its reach from Spain to Sindh. But how did ...
Again and again his patterns owe debts to Islamic art, examples of which were known ... The nearest we can come to them in the modern trade is the horned tulip, Tulipa acuminata, but I have ...