Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha ... in the 9th-century Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo – one of the oldest mosques in ...
One of the most famous, historic bazaars in all of Cairo is a bustling market street with gorgeous centuries-old architecture ...
Syrian voices bring Doha to life this week with pianist and composer Malek Jandali's Syrian Symphony and singer Assala ...
An Ahmed Angawi installation shows modern Mecca by Edge of Arabia's "Rhizoma," a collateral event of the 55th International Art Exhibition on ... journeying to Jeddah for the Islamic Arts Biennale, ...
Cairo is already a budget-friendly destination, but saving a few bucks here and there can allow you to do even more during ...
In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely ... Photograph by Art Archive Much later, a new wave of settlers arrived ...
Whether connecting artists with collectors, linking institutions such as the Grand Egyptian Museum with the right talent, or elevating Arab art onto the global stage ... the inaugural artistic ...
In their debt also are two important museums: Bab al-Khalk's Islamic Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.” The English-educated Mansour was a product of the elite, orthodox and esteemed ...
They were intended to resemble an eight-pointed Islamic star that stands for unity ... The site is now a museum, containing thousands of sacred texts, works of art and statues made from precious ...
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...
Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...