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Aga Khan Award for Architecture – A new podcast with Farrokh Derakhshani
Join Farrokh Derakhshani for an inside look into the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most prestigious architectural awards in the world. Find out how one [...]
News: Diriyah Biennale Foundation announces Hajj Terminal in Jeddah as the location for first-ever Islamic Arts Biennale
Curatorial Team from left to right: Sumayya Vally, Dr. Julian Raby, Dr. Saad Alrashid, Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr, Diriyah Biennale Foundation Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, 6 June 2022: The Diriyah [...]
Interview: The Archaeology of Islamic Sicily – with Angelo Castrorao Barba and the Superintendence of Palermo
Of all the important centres of the historic Islamic World, there is one region that many do not realise was ever Islamic at all: Sicily. We caught up with [...]
Answers from the Expert: Paul Wordsworth
Paul Wordsworth is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford specialising in the archaeology of the medieval Caucasus and [...]
Ask the Expert: Melanie Gibson
Dr Melanie Gibson is the Senior Editor of the Gingko Library Art Series and convenor for the Postgraduate Diploma in [...]
New Podcast: The Jewel of Damascus with Alain George
Alain George shares research from his most recent book on the Great Mosque of Damascus, an incredible building in [...]
Ask The Expert: Paul Wordsworth
Paul Wordsworth is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford specialising in the archaeology of the medieval Caucasus and [...]
Epic Iran: A New Podcast with Tim Stanley
Tim Stanley, co-curator of the blockbuster exhibition 'Epic Iran' at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, shares with [...]
New Instagram Guest Curator: Almoatasem Bellah Haggag
We are very happy to introduce our next Instagram guest curator, Almoatasem Bellah Haggag, who will be curating a series [...]
Ask the Expert: Muneer ElBaz
Muneer Elbaz has more than 16 years of experience in the cultural heritage field. He holds a master’s degree in [...]
New Podcast: Retracing the Silk Roads, with Christopher Wilton-Steer
Join photographer and writer Christopher Wilton-Steer on a colourful journey across the Silk Road to discover the cultures, peoples, traditions, [...]
New Podcast – Meeting for Coffee Ottoman Style with Doğukan Atmaca
Featuring in our new Young Perspectives series, Doğukan Atmaca explores the emergence of coffeehouses in Istanbul, and the way in which [...]
Ask The Expert Zeynep Yürekli Q & A
Converging Paths has launched a new initiative to enable audiences to ask their burning questions about the artistic culture [...]