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Digital Futures, Sumayyah Al Suwaidi
Sumayyah Al Suwaidi is an Emirati curator who was born in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in 1980. She holds a master’s degree in...
The West's Islamic Art Problem, By Abbas Rattani
The Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas, concluded its four-month exclusive exhibit entitled “Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of...
On Being a Polymath & Writing Afro-Arab History, Karim Wafa
Karim Wafa, also known as Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini, is a poet, historian, author, speaker, model, educator and linguist who lives between...
Museums & Provenance: The Identity of Sacred Spaces, Alex Shams
Alex Shams is a writer and PhD student of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Ajam Media Collective...
Archiving Architecture, Nadi Abusaada
Nadi Abusaada is an architect, urbanist and a historian. He is currently an Aga Khan Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Architecture. at the...
Preserving the Past for the Future, Dr. Sara Ann Knutson
Dr. Sara Ann Knutson is Assistant Professor of Teaching and a historian and archaeologist of premodern Afro-Eurasia, including the...
Curating Rare Books & Manuscripts, Suzanne Karr Schmidt
Suzanne Karr Schmidt is the George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Newberry, Chicago’s Independent Research...
The Art and Architecture of Mughal South Asia, Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi
Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi is an Islamic Art Historian specializing in the art and architecture of Mughal South Asia. She is the Deputy...
The Islamic Manuscript Association, Dalia al-Nashar
Fig 1 Bifolium from the Andalusian Pink Qur’an, Spain or North Africa, ca. 7th/13th century. Metropolitan Museum, 2017.232. Dalia...
Al-Khatt Al-Jameel - A Collection of Quranic Manuscripts, Mohamad Ali
Al-Khatt Al-Jameel is a Sydney based private collection of Qur'an manuscripts that span more than 1200 years. Mohamad Ali is its Founder,...
The World of Islam Festival, London, 1976, Rachel Winter
Rachel Winter is Assistant Curator, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Here sh shares her thoughts,...
History of Indian Islamic Art, Sharad Mohan
Sharad Mohan is passionate about Indian Art history. He is not a trained historian, but for Sharad, his passion for history far...
Collaboration & Connection: Exhibiting Islam, Ladan Akbarnia
Ladan Akbarnia is Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA), where she oversees the permanent...
Islamic Heritage at the History of Science Museum, Dr Federica Gigante
Dr Federica Gigante is the Curator of the Collection from the Islamic World at the History of Science Museum. Her research examines the...
Conserving Islamic Manuscripts, Kristine Rose-Beers
Kristine Rose-Beers ACR is Head of Conservation at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland, and an accredited member of the Institute of...
Bagh e Hind - A Sensory Experience, Bharti Lalwani and Nicolas Roth
The aesthetics of the Mughal-era continue to fascinate people across the world, especially since South Asian culture is known to capture...
Preserving the Past for the Future, Hasan Mert Kaya
Hasan Mert Kaya is a renowned historian, curator and expert on Islamic art and heritage. Passionate about conservation, restoration and...
Co-Curating Hidden Stories of the Silk Roads, Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip & Dr. Suzanne Conklin Akbari
Hidden Stories: Books Along the Silk Roads is a groundbreaking exhibition at Aga Khan Museum which opened on October 9, 2021 and closes...
Hip Hop & Spirituality - The Voice of Communities, Mohammed Ali
British Bangladeshi artist and curator Mohammed Ali is a trailblazer in the creative industries. He is passionate about empowering...
Making Australia’s First Islamic Museum, Moustafa Fahour
The founder of Australia’s first Islamic museum Moustafa Fahour was a banker with no background in museums, curation or building design...
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