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The Wallace Collection with The Barakat Trust – Behind the Scenes: Conserving Indian Arms and Armour

The Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection Hertford House Manchester Square, W1U 3BN, London, United Kingdom

As part of a major cataloguing project supported by the Barakat Trust, the Wallace Collection is cleaning, conserving and photographing its extensive holdings of Indian arms and armour for the very first time. Meet the curators and conservators involved in this important work through an intimate tour of the Collection’s [...]

Making Leather Jewellery: A Workshop with Tania Clarke Hall

Meeting Room, The Arab British Centre 1 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE, London, GB

Learn how to make your own leather cuff with renowned leather jewellery designer Tania Clarke HallTania Clarke Hall is an award-winning jeweller renowned for her innovative and dramatic designs. She fashions her pieces by hand from Italian leather at her London studio. In this 3-hour hands-on workshop, participants will learn [...]

A Passion for Tiles with Dr Melanie Gibson

Leighton House Museum 18 Stafford Terrace, London, United Kingdom

An online course organised by Leighton House with Islamic art expert, Dr Melanie Gibson. Join us for a journey of exploration and celebration, sharing our passion for tiles. Across four online sessions, you will develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of early Islamic tiles, the tiles of Iznik and [...]

£200

Saturday Art Studio: Passion for Tiles

Leighton House Museum 18 Stafford Terrace, London, United Kingdom

An online workshop organised by Leighton House and led by artist Ayesha Gamiet. Inspired by the lush floral patterns of Iznik and Damascus ceramics, join us to recreate a tile design, exploring traditional painting and shading techniques from the rich world of Islamic art. Workshop Outline: In the morning attendees will practice [...]

£145

The Shapes of Glass

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Technologies compared. Vitreous and glazed productions in Sicily, peninsular Italy, Ifrīqiya and al-Andalus between the 9th and 11th centuries Event information The study day aims to promote a first comparison between the vitreous and glazed clay productions produced in a geographical area that includes the central Mediterranean (Sicily, Ifrīqiya and [...]

Religious Cultural Heritage: Concepts and Issues in the Modern Middle East (Online Short Course)

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford, United Kingdom

This is a two-day introductory course on the theme of religious cultural heritage (RCH) in the Middle East. It aims to contextualise RCH as the living cultural heritage of its community of users. In addition, the course attempts to present RCH as a contemporary construct of its socio-political and religious [...]

£45 – £75

7.4 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: ARCHITECTURE & CLOTHING -DAMASCUS

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Event Description: Dr. Reem El Mutwalli in conversation with Dr. Salam Fakih, a Lebanese Professor, Researcher, and Interior Architect. In addition to her 20 years’ experience in the field of design, and 14 years in educational teaching, Dr. Fakih is also a member and Head of specialized Technical Committee at [...]

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ARAB COSTUME COLLECTIONS: SUSTAINING LEGACIES SYMPOSIUM

Online online, Rome, Belgium

With the world beginning to open up The Zay Initiative are delighted to announce that their online forthcoming ‘Arab Costume Collections: Sustaining Legacies Symposium – The Past, Present & Future ‘will be taking place on Sunday, 14th November. This will be a 2-hour online session with 2 panel sessions, the [...]

Complimentary

Warfare in Muslim Material Cultures: From Egypt to Bilad al-Sham (Online Short Course)

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Military architecture through recent archaeological excavations and arms and armour in the Royal Armouries Collections. The course presents Muslim material cultures in a very specific context: warfare in the Middle East and Egypt during the Medieval and Modern Ages. War played a very important role in Muslim cultures and through [...]

£45 – £75

8.3 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: GLOCALIZED BODIES? HOW LOCAL AND GLOBAL FORCES ARE MERGING TO CREATE GLOCAL FASHION IN THE UAE

Online online, Rome, Belgium

Dr. Reem El Mutwalli, Founder, The Zay Initiative in conversation with Nicole Al Rais, Researcher, and Content Creator Nicole Al Rais is a researcher and content creator who grew up in a small rural town within San Diego, California. Her early years inspired an appreciation for community, and a yearning [...]

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