Paul Wordsworth is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford specialising in the archaeology of the medieval Caucasus and Central Asia, with a particular interest on the northeastern fringes of the early Islamic world. He is currently directing two archaeological projects: one explores the landscape of a provincial Abbasid [...]
Dr Melanie Gibson is the Senior Editor of the Gingko Library Art Series and convenor for the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on the ceramics and glass of the Islamic world and in the reception and use of Islamic pattern in 19th [...]
Alain George shares research from his most recent book on the Great Mosque of Damascus, an incredible building in Syria that is a living testament to community relations between Pagans, Christians and Muslims during the formative years of Islam. Alain Fouad George is I.M. Pei Professor of Islamic Art and [...]
Paul Wordsworth is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford specialising in the archaeology of the medieval Caucasus and Central Asia, with a particular interest on the northeastern fringes of the early Islamic world. He is currently directing two archaeological projects: one explores the landscape of a provincial Abbasid [...]
Tim Stanley, co-curator of the blockbuster exhibition 'Epic Iran' at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, shares with us the challenges of putting together such an ambitious exhibition, and the rewarding reception it had among the public. The show is the most significant survey of Iranian art history [...]
We are very happy to introduce our next Instagram guest curator, Almoatasem Bellah Haggag, who will be curating a series called "Cairo Inside Out". Almoatasem Bellah is an electrical engineer by training and a self-taught, avid photographer, based in Cairo. Having studied Islamic geometry for more than 3 years, he [...]
Muneer Elbaz has more than 16 years of experience in the cultural heritage field. He holds a master’s degree in architectural conservation from Cairo University in 2007. From 2005-2009, he worked in Historic Cairo and Lahore on different cultural heritage projects for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). Since [...]
Join photographer and writer Christopher Wilton-Steer on a colourful journey across the Silk Road to discover the cultures, peoples, traditions, flavours and beliefs he encountered during a magnificent four-month odyssey. Christopher Wilton Steer is a London-based photographer who is the Head of Communications at the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) [...]
Featuring in our new Young Perspectives series, Doğukan Atmaca explores the emergence of coffeehouses in Istanbul, and the way in which coffeehouse culture spread amid claims that cafés were the source of political unrest and seduction. Follow a fascinating story about the rise of this today commonplace institution to discover what [...]
Watch a recording of our latest Webinar "Stories for Change" with award-winning documentary film maker Oliver Wilkins. Using film clips, Wilkins shares two fascinating projects in Yemen and Egypt in which he worked with youth encouraging them to discover and share the stories of their heritage. Part of Converging Paths [...]
