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Art Dubai Digital
As the art world continues to adapt and evolve in the digital and NFT realms, new communities are emerging to support these worlds,...


Arrows Off the Pages of the Qur’an, Omid Safi
Have a look at many illuminated copies of the Qur’an , and you will notice something extraordinary. All the way around the edges, you...


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,...


Nature & Geometry, James Brunt
James Brunt creates elaborate ephemeral artworks using the natural materials he finds in forests, parks, and beaches near his home in...


Pop Culture, Dania Shoaib
Dania Shoaib started practicing Arabic calligraphy when she was 14 through painting. Back then, she was obsessed with all things Mughal,...


Arabic Calligraphy - It's a Vibe, Zahra Gulraiz
Zahra Gulraiz uses Arabic Calligraphy in her own bold and distinctive style to spread positive energy into people’s surroundings. A...


Sacred Footsteps, Zara Choudhary
Zara Choudhary is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sacred Footsteps; an online publication devoted to alternative and spiritual travel,...


Preserving Cultural Heritage in Jordan, HRH Princess Dana Firas
HRH Princess Dana Firas believes that the conservation of Jordan’s cultural heritage contributes greatly to protecting Jordan’s identity...


Storytelling through Lived Experience, Sabba Khan
Sabba Khan is an artist, architectural designer and graphic novelist. Her debut graphic novel, The Roles We Play, is one of the...


Mughal Culinary Practices & Colonial Legacies, Neha Vermani
Dr. Neha Vermani is a historian of early modern Mughal South Asia. Her research focuses on food practices and cultures of consumption and...


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...

Sufism, Spirituality & Social Justice, Omid Safi
Omid Safi is an Iranian-American Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. He has an incredible academic, social...


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...

History Revealed: Muslim Guided Tours, AbdulMaalik Tailor
Imagine the Muslim heritage present at some of the top UK tourist spots, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, to...

The Art Market, Cultural Protection & Provenance, Isabelle Imbert
Isabelle Imbert is an Islamic Arts historian, writer, speaker and podcast host. She got her PhD in Islamic Art History in the Sorbonne...

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...


Archiving the Deccan, Mohammed Sibghatullah Khan
Mohammed Sibghatullah Khan is co-author of Hyderabad Deccan: Illustrated which features more than 50 monuments of Hyderabad city and...
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