Jack Straw on The English Job: Understanding Iran and Why It Distrusts Britain As part of the Forum on Geopolitics' memorial events in honour of the late Dr Michael Axworthy -- the founding director of the Westphalia for the Middle East project -- we cordially invite you to a lecture […]
A Return To Turkey We're so glad to invite Bedouin Nights back for another evening of great-tasting traditional Turkish recipes with a few twists along the way. The last time we got together, it was one of our favourite events to date, so this one can't come soon enough. ESC […]
Come and join us on this practical journey of discovery as we travel half way around the globe to source the finest examples of Islamic Geometric Pattern; Persia, Turkey, Syria, India, and Moorish Morocco and Al-Andalus will feature in our travels. The genius of the craftsmen geometers from the Islamic […]
Come and join us and listen to the amazing untold stories from Multaka tour guides using objects from the History of Science Museum. This tour is designed to encourage conversations between people from over the world in a museum setting.
Come and join us and listen to the amazing untold stories from Multaka tour guides using objects from the History of Science Museum. This tour is designed to encourage conversations between people from over the world in a museum setting.
Come and join us and listen to the amazing untold stories from Multaka tour guides using objects from the History of Science Museum. This tour is designed to encourage conversations between people from over the world in a museum setting.
The Case of the Negarestan Museum of 18th and 19th century Iranian Art, Tehran, 1975-79 In recent years, civil wars, terrorism and revolutions have destabilized the Middle East and Western Asia and taken a terrible human and cultural toll. Cultural destruction knows no boundaries, geographical or historical. This lecture will […]
Presented by Hugh Kennedy (SOAS, London)
From Constantinople, via Athens, to Jerusalem Using unpublished archives and drawings, Dr. Philip Mansel shows that the traditional alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire became even more important under Louis XIV. Dr. Philip Mansel is a historian of France and the Ottoman Empire. His books include Sultans in Splendour: […]
With Wa, Jubran and Hasler explore the ‘Waslah’ compound form found in the classical repertoire of Near Eastern music.
Draw, tile and colour Islamic Geometric Patterns: Using a pencil, compass and straightedge, lines and circles are drawn to create an underlying grid. From this, patterns can be outlined, repeated and brought to life with colour. These patterns have existed for centuries and can be found in architecture across the […]