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The Materiality of Resistance
Israel’s Apartheid Wall and its Graffiti Interpreted in an Age of Globalization Rebecca Gould Assistant professor at Yale-NUS College (Singapore) Photo by Bilal Randeree. “Existence is resistance,” says a Palestinian translator at the Balata refugee camp near Nablus....
Modernity & the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula
The Bookshelf Museums on the Arabian Peninsula are undergoing rapid high-profile development. In many states in the region, such as in Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the Emirates, modern Western-style museums are frequently now being announced, designed and opened....
Mysterious Symbols in Islamic Philosophy
by L. W. C. (Eric) van Lit Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University. Blogger of Digital Orientalist "Suhrawardi’s philosophical text al-Mashari’ contains three mysterious symbols that the author himself claims to be the key to his own system of thought. After...
The Hajj, Pilgrimage in Islam – Book Review
The Bookshelf The Hajj, Pilgrimage in Islam by Eric Tagliacozzo and Shawkat M. Toorawa Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo and Shawkat M. Toorawa Cambridge University Press Publication date: November 2015 ISBN: 9781107612808 Paperback, 441 pages $ 29,99 “The Hajj is one of the...
The Game of Patterns
What an indie video game on geometry and maths can tell us about Islamic design Giulia Gallini IWA - Islamic World of Art’s Editor-in-Chief The Islamic Art Historian Pure Islamic art is something you do not see frequently in video games. As a matter of fact, some of...
Ceramic Arts of the Islamic World
The evolution of techniques and design of early Islamic ceramics Farida Mohamedali Islamic Art and Architectural Historian, SOAS Alumna Photo by Bilal Randeree. This article sheds light on the evolution of techniques and the design of these early Islamic ceramics and...
Isis’s Turn of the Screw
Why ISIS is tightening up its Islamist propaganda by Arielle Blattner Graphic Designer and MA Student of Islamic Art Over the last several years, the rise of Islamic extremism has resulted in the public destruction of several objects of archaeological and artistic...
Isis and the Illicit Trade of Artifacts
From looted archaeological sites to the art market: how the illicit trade supports the Islamic State Amr Al-Azm Associate Professor of Middle East History and Anthropology, Shawnee State University Looting with Buldozers near Raqqa. Photo by Amr al-Azm. In the past...
Islamic Art from Pakistan to San Francisco
A conversation with Sophia Ahmed Sattar, Pakistani - American artist Interview with Sophia Ahmed Sattar Interview Sophia Ahmed Sattar, born and raised in a politically unstable Pakistan, decided to take her art career far away from her homeland: to the US. After...
Does Modern Islamic Art Exist?
The concept of modern art implies a break with the tradition for a more personal interpretation of reality. Can this definition be applied to define today’s Islamic Art? Marina Alin Designer and Founder of Nazarli interior Décor Googling the phrase Modern Islamic Art...