Dazzling effect: detail from folio from the 9th-century Blue Qur’an - Samar Kassab/Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar “Many people think that Islam is a terrorist religion,” says Sheikha Al-Mayassa ...

“Many people think that Islam is a terrorist religion,” says Sheikha Al-Mayassa Al Thani, the sister of Qatar’s ruling emir, “and it’s not.” We are recording an interview for a new BBC television ...

After the beautiful Islamic exhibition "Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World" was brought to Dallas in 2014 and the long-term loan of the internationally prominent Keir Collection was ...

Visitors to Westbury Arts through much of August will be able to geta taste of Islam culture in works ranging from an ivory model of the Taj Mahal to a papier-mâché vase from Kashmir, calligraphy from ...

This essay traces the origin and stakes of the association between historical Islamic art and works of contemporary art by artists from Muslim countries. The idea that underpins this association—that ...

In the previous installment of this series, you learned about the different Muslim sects and the interesting ways they mix in the United States. This article will take you through the historical ...

Calligraphic standard in the shape of a falcon (Golconda, India, 17th-century), perforated gilt copper (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Although it has manifested in ways that are manifold, the ...

It has been almost a year since the only Islamic art gallery of a major museum in Chicago, Gallery 50 of the Art Institute, was closed. While the Art Institute is frequently in the news — the ...

Doctoral Candidate (Oriental Studies - Islamic Art and Archaeology), University of Oxford; Curatorial Researcher, Nicholson Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney In 2005, the Art ...

Islamic calligraphy was developed from Arabic writing that predates Islam. Calligraphy is used as a marker of religious and intellectual cultivation, and is used to inscribe the word of God through ...