This month, May Al-Ibrashy is our selected expert. Dr. May Al-Ibrashy is a conservation architect who undertakes projects to preserve the architectural and cultural heritage of Egypt, especially Cairo. She focuses on working with local communities and ensuring that they are an integral part of any heritage preservation project. She [...]
Featuring in our new Young Perspectives series, Mysa Kafil-Hussain explores the changes that Iraqi art went through to form a unifying identity across the nation by revitalising aspects of ancient folklore and traditional art. Mysa Kafil-Hussain is currently Archive and Library Manager at Azzawi Arts. She recently completed [...]
Follow us on Instagram (barakat_org) for a new series of images of Iran by Suzan Abed. Suzan is currently a doctoral student in the Faculty of Archaeology at the University of Fayoum. Her research is about The urban changes and the built environment in Iranian cities in the era of [...]
Professor Robert Hoyland takes us on a journey through time to discover the ancient Arabian Peninsula, evidencing a much more multi-cultural and cosmopolitan world than what it is often imagined. Robert G. Hoyland is a scholar and historian, specializing in the medieval history of the Middle East. He is currently Professor [...]
Read more about this new project to research and tell the stories of the collection of Islamic art at Kedleston Hall near Derby, UK, a project supported by The Barakat Trust. Image: A lacquered shield in the collection of Kedleston Hall.
ASK THE EXPERT This month, Glaire Anderson is our selected expert! Glaire is a specialist in Islamic visual culture with a focus on medieval Iberia and the age of the great caliphs (roughly 650-1250 CE), and a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art at the University of Edinburgh. An advocate for [...]
Journalist and travel writer Tharik Hussain shares his experiences of searching for and documenting the little-known Muslim heritage of Europe. Tharik Hussain is a Bangladeshi-born, British-Muslim, travel writer, journalist and broadcaster, specialising in the Muslim heritage of the West. Hussain began his media career as a news reporter, before [...]
Wendy Shaw, Professor of Islamic Art History at the Free University of Berlin, reflects on the importance of art history as a discipline, and explores its universal value as a way to engage with the different narratives that shape our history. Ultimately, Shaw reaffirms the importance of art history as [...]
We are happy to welcome this month's instagram guest curator, Nilay Ozlu, who will be curating a series about Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. To follow the series, please follow our Instagram Account (barakat_org). Nilay is an architectural historian with a focus on the urban culture of Istanbul, late-Ottoman history, museum [...]
YOUNGperspectives, part of Converging Paths 2021, is a platform to support students and early career researchers who have exciting topics relating to themes of the Islamic world. The participation of each guest is secured through an application, and the selection process is based on their proposals and the appeal we [...]
