There are artists who document change through their work, and then there are those who seem to move in quiet parallel with it. For more than five decades, Emirati artist Abdulqader Al Rais has done ...
The mosque serves as a symbol of Sultan Mahmud II’s political and military reforms, reflecting the social and administrative ...
The diaspora of a nation can play a role in nation building. It can do so in various ways, such as through the arts. This was the message shared by Georgia’s Speaker of Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, ...
An Islamic art exhibition titled "Anfas-ul-Jamal Fun" has opened in Karachi, bringing together artists and art enthusiasts to celebrate the spiritual and aesthetic traditions of Islamic civilisation.
The mosque’s single minaret, decorative star motifs and unique calligraphy make it a significant example of imperial Ottoman ...
To say that Tết gathers together everything most beautiful in Vietnamese culture would not be an exaggeration. More than a threshold between the old year and the new, it is also a time when people ...
Sneha Shrestha, known artistically as IMAGINE, is a Nepali artist whose practice bridges her native Devanagari script with the visual language of graffiti handstyles. Her work advocates for the ...
The broader bian'e culture includes ceremonial hanging rituals and social customs. The journey from Xiao's workshop to its permanent home is a ritualistic crescendo known as guabian (hanging the ...
The art of calligraphy dates back more than 1,400 years to the Nabataean people, who wrote an elegant script that was a precursor to Arabic.
Meghan Markle wore Zara—a brand also loved by Kate Middleton—three separate times during her two-day visit to Jordan alongside Prince Harry. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have had a jam-packed 48 ...
On the second day of their pseudo-royal trip to the Middle East, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited a number of charities ...
The National Museum of Korea has reopened its exhibition hall for seohwa, a traditional art form combining painting and calligraphy. The gallery will feature rotating special exhibitions, with the ...