Drawing upon a unique collection of historical photographs and postcards, Departures will reveal the great diversity of the Islamic world’s social and cultural life. The exhibition will explore a geographical area from Morocco in the West to China in the East, and from the Balkans in the North to Sudan in the […]
Departures Exhibition: Free Curator's Tours #DeparturesExhibition Join curator Richard Wilding in a unique and bespoke tour of Asia House Barakat Trust exhibition Departures: A Photographic Journey Through the Islamic World (12 April - 3 May 2019). Tours run on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 am, they are free but RSVP is required. The […]
Shahed Saleem, architect of East Hackney Mosque, and Alex Sherratt, architect of Mildmay Shoreditch Tabernacle offer a site visit to two new religious buildings, sharing insights on what it means to make a religious building in London capturing community identity today. An event organised as part of London Craft Week 2019. About Shahed Saleem: […]
Harun Asif and Abdullah Ahmed talk about their new brand, Miraj Collections, and how they have navigated the craft and design landscape to produce watches of distinction. Their work draws its inspiration from the great architecture of the Islamic world, and their talk shares their journey to adapt designs shaped […]
London-based interior and product designer Hedayat Islam and architect-maker Mohamed Saeed are producing contemporary wooden furniture made of compressed palm ribs, traditionally burned as waste in Egyptian rural communities, and a cause of severe air pollution. This highly innovative re-use of palm ribs has been pioneered by an Egyptian researcher, Dr Hamed El-Mously […]
About the Talk The lecture will discuss modern Islamic architecture in the Arabian Gulf and its recollections of the past. The focus will be the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman. […]