MAGAZINE ON THE ARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD

ISSUE #5 | WINTER 2019

IWA magazine’s fifth issue is on post-war reconstruction in Syria, with a cover article on the problems the country will face once the war will be finally over. Also in this issue, among others: the Islamic Museum of Australia and the Israeli visual propaganda during Mandate Palestine.

IN THIS ISSUE
COVER STORY

Syria and Post-War reconstruction by Giulia Gallini with the support of Omar Abdelaziz Hallaj

The Venice Charter of Reconstruction and Syria: Going beyond Architecture with the support of Jacopo Galli

ARTICLES

In the Mist of the Aftermath by Isabelle Imbert

Birth of an Archetype: the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus by Atef Alshehr

Australian Muslim Artists Exhibition in collaboration with the Islamic Museum of Australia

The Reception of the Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus by Sami Benkherfallah

INTERVIEW

The Islamic Museum of Australia by James Blake Wiener

BOOKSHELF

Qajar Ceramics: Bridging Tradition and Modernity by Zahra Khademi

Syria – The Making of the Future by the Editorial Staff

GALLERY

Make the Desert Bloom: Israeli Propaganda and Orientalism by Sofia Bacchini