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Art of Ottoman Floral Illumination

SAOG Studios SAOG Studios, Emerson College, ,, Forest Row, East Sussex, United Kingdom

A unique three-day practical painting workshop where participants will explore and take inspiration from exquisite silk fabrics from the Ottoman Empire. These luxurious textiles were characterised by large-scale stylised floral patterns including carnations, tulips, roses, hyacinths and cherry blossoms and highlighted by shimmering gold and silver threads which are now [...]

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DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: Diplomacy & Dress

Online online, Rome, Belgium

DIPLOMACY & DRESS Join us on the Sofa as Rawdha Al Otaiba speaks to Dr Reem El Mutwalli on Diplomacy & Dress. Join us for our next dialogue - 'Diplomacy & Dress' OUR GUEST: RAWDHA AL OTAIBA DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EMBASSY, UK- LONDON Rawdha Al Otaiba [...]

Egyptian Applique Work in a Global World

A talk/demonstration with Hany Abdel Kader and Mohamed Abdel Wahed, two Egyptian master-stitchers who will demonstrate their ancient craft. About this Event The craft of applique work (similar to quilting) has flourished in Egypt for at least 1000 years. Traditionally used to make magnificent ceremonial tents and banners, today the [...]

2.3 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: INSPIRATIONAL ADORNMENT IN HER PRACTICE

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Join us for our next dialogue - 'Inspirataional Adornment in her practice'. Dr Reem El Mutwalli will be joined on the sofa by Patricia Millns FRSA - for 'Inspirational Adornment in her practice'. OUR GUEST: Patricia Millns An artist, advisor and mentor, Millns holds a BA Honours in Fine Art [...]

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2.4 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: HEAVENLY BODIES: MODEST FASHION INDUSTRY

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Join us for our next dialogue - 'Heavenly Bodies: Modest Fashion Industry' OUR GUEST: ALIA KHAN A visionary, founder and chairwoman of Islamic Fashion and Design Council (IFDC), an organisation established for the development of the Islamic fashion and design industry worldwide. The IFDC aligns itself with leading and budding [...]

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Indians in Safavid Iran: the Pictorial Evidence – An Online Talk by Dr Sheila Canby

Description Indians appear in Persian painting long before the Safavid period (1501-1722), either as characters in illustrations of the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi or Khamsa of Nizami or as unidentified labourers, elephant jockeys and the like. Over the course of the 16th and 17th centuries the Persian depiction of Indians expanded to include portraits and [...]

3.1 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: Arab Women & Stereotypes

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Join us for our next dialogue as Dr. Lina AbiRafeh, who has served as Executive Director of AiW since 2015 discusses with our Founder Dr. Reem El Mutwalli: Arab Women & Stereotypes. If you cannot join on the day, a recording will be sent to all registered delegates

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DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: An Introduction to Emirati Traditional Dress

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Dr Reem El Mutwalli will be joined on the Sofa by Moza Saeed Khalfan Saeed Alhanawi and Nouf Tawfiq Yousef Almubarak to present an Introduction to Emirati Traditional Dress. This session will take place in Arabic. This webinar is in collaboration with our partners of the Office of Public and [...]

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3.2 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: Kashmir to Paisley

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Joining us on the sofa for Dialogues on the Art of Arab Fashion ‘Kashmir to Paisley’ our guest, Kerry Taylor, who is a consultant to leading auction houses who sits on the UK government export review board. Kerry started at Sotheby’s 1979 and soon established her own company, Kerry Taylor [...]

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