Dr Reem El Mutwalli in conversation with Cassidy Zachary, Fashion Historian & Co-Host/ Creator, Dressed: The History of Fashion Happy New Year! With the onset of 2021 the Zay Initiative will continue to sustain the legacy of Arab dress and dispel misconceptions. We are delighted to announce our inaugural webinar [...]
Queen Sirikit, Queen Mother of Thailand, is considered to be one of the most beautiful, stylish, and best-dressed women in the world. In this conversation with Dr Reem el Mutwalli, fashion historian, Melissa Leventon, author of Fit for a Queen, will discuss her book paying tribute to the wardrobe created [...]
The Barakat Trust Grants Programme 2021 Question and Answer Session 3 - English Only An opportunity for a question and answer session with the Director of The Barakat Trust, Seif El Rashidi on the Grants Programme 2021.The session will be conducted in English. There are seperate sessions in Arabic.
The Barakat Trust Grants Programme 2021 Question and Answer Session 4 - Arabic Only An opportunity for a question and answer session with the Director of The Barakat Trust, Seif El Rashidi on the Grants Programme 2021. The session will be conducted in Arabic. There are separate sessions in English.
Join our Founder, Dr Reem El Mutwalli in conversation with Widad Kawar, Founder of the Tiraz Centre in Amman, Jordan, home to the biggest collection of Palestinian, Jordanian, and Arab traditional dress in the world, and the author of Threads of Identity, a record of Palestinian dress and the women [...]
Join our Founder, Dr Reem El Mutwalli in conversation with Andrea Rugh, a writer, and consultant on development projects. During her career she worked on assistance projects in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. She was a research associate at Harvard for a number of years as well as [...]
The Zay Initiative aims to promote an understanding of the evolution of regional culture, building up public awareness and appreciation of this unique heritage, reaching out to like-minded individuals and institutions nationally, regionally and globally. In addition to seasonal or touring exhibitions and museum loans, the collection is accessed through [...]
The Barakat Trust Grants Programme 2021 Question and Answer Session 5 - English Only An opportunity for a question and answer session with the Director of The Barakat Trust, Seif El Rashidi on the Grants Programme 2021.The session will be conducted in English. There are seperate sessions in Arabic.
The Barakat Trust Grants Programme 2021 Question and Answer Session 6 - Arabic Only An opportunity for a question and answer session with the Director of The Barakat Trust, Seif El Rashidi on the Grants Programme 2021. The session will be conducted in Arabic. There are separate sessions in English.
In this conversation, Seif El Rashidi will discuss the over one thousand-year-old tradition of textile appliqué work (khayamiyya) in Egypt and how the aesthetic of the craft has been adapted to cater to international audiences and adopted by contemporary designers. Video footage of master-stitchers at work will also feature as part of this conversation.
