tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65291813313475066462024-03-13T09:49:26.300+03:00Dar al-Athar al-IslamiyyahDAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-4731649734631366142012-01-31T15:47:00.000+03:002012-05-06T15:48:37.564+03:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<b>This blog is no longer active. </b></h2>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-9635256923783535792011-03-23T11:56:00.002+03:002011-03-23T12:02:43.500+03:00Amricani Cultural Centre: Behind-the-Scenes<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The past couple of months, before the preview for the new Amricani Cultural Centre, have been hectic. We had the preview on February 24<sup>th</sup>, 25<sup>th</sup>, and the 26<sup>th</sup> for our VIP guests and an Open House on March 10<sup>th</sup> for DAI members. If you follow <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dar-al-Athar-al-Islamiyyah/149067187512">DAI’s Facebook page</a>, you would have already seen photos from those nights (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=149067187512&aid=277352">here</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=149067187512&aid=281320">here</a>). </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We were all working long hours until the last minute trying to get everything done on time. Everyone was working together in the office and at the construction site on everything from brochures, booklets, posters, lighting, exhibition text, captions, translating, invitations, installation, and the list goes on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While putting all our efforts in the completion of the new cultural centre, the office had to continue organizing the Cultural Season and focus on the ongoing international exhibition (currently <a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/newsmanager/templates/EnMoreNews.aspx?articleid=145&zoneid=17">al-Fann in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vienna</st1:place></st1:city></a>). <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Since most of my art history education was European art, and The al-Sabah Collection is art from the Islamic world, I had to do some studying for the exhibition and help prepare myself and my co-workers to be tour guides for the opening. I was also involved with assisting our exhibition designer and graphic designer in preparing, printing and installing the exhibition’s wall panels and captions. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Amricani Cultural Centre has two exhibitions. One is permanent and the other is in the temporary gallery spaces. The exhibition I was involved with is the temporary exhibition entitled: <i>Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals</i>. You might have <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1961448503">read about </a><a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/newsmanager/templates/EnMoreNews.aspx?articleid=144&zoneid=17">it</a>—if not, let it be something you discover when you visit the exhibition after the official opening. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Working on this exhibition was so exciting. I had to visit the site several times as we installed the wall panels. When the installation of the jeweled objects had to start, no one was allowed in the space for security. One of the days during installation I was able to enter the exhibition space and was just so overwhelmed. The diamonds, emeralds and rubies just lit the entire space and it was breathtaking. I have looked through the catalogue of this exhibition and marveled at the objects a hundred times! But when you see them in front of you, it is something completely different. People who had the chance to see them so far have been amazed and impressed by their beauty. I really can’t wait for the opening so everyone can visit and see these magnificent jeweled objects that have travelled the world and are finally exhibited in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kuwait</st1:place></st1:country-region> for the first time. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abdulhadi Alajmi</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Abdulhadi Alajmi is the vice dean of the College of Arts and a professor of history at Kuwait University. His areas of interest include Umayyad history, the history of women in Islam, orientalism, and Arab and Islamic civilisations-and he has published on each. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lecture: <i>Women in Islam as Portrayed in Biographical Sources</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The survey illustrates that exploring the beginnings of Islamic civilization proves that the time of the Prophet included the highest number of women appearing in biographical sources. This makes the Prophet's time the richest in the context of the number of women. That of course can be explained in light of the importance of women as transmitters of religious knowledge and as figures of sacred history in the Prophet's journey. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, March 16, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music Circle Concert</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Organ Recital: <i>Music Without Borders</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaker: H.E. Yasuyoshi Komizo, Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Organ: Maestro Valentina Maria Baginska </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cello, presenter, assistant: Karol Kusmider</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Violin: Takuya Matsunaga </div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-79739497731539788072011-03-03T09:32:00.001+03:002011-03-13T11:32:41.706+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, March 7, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramzi Yassa</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Programme: A selection of classical compositions </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Ramzi Yassa is favourite of DAI audiences, having performed in three previous cultural seasons. He is a prize winning pianist and, in 2007, the first Egyptian performer musician to be awarded the French <i>Merit Prize</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He is pianoforte professor at the Ecole Normale de Musique "Alfred Cortot" in Paris.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, March 9, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Book Club</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">(To find out more about DAI's Book Club, please visit our <a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/EnCulturalForumBook.cms" style="text-decoration: none;">website</a>)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-55047103180430342532011-03-01T13:01:00.000+03:002011-03-01T13:01:36.306+03:00DAI Hosts 50/20/5<div style="text-align: justify;">Preview of the new <a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/newsmanager/templates/EnMoreNews.aspx?articleid=144&zoneid=17">Amricani Cultural Centre</a>...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anthony Peebles</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">AnthonyPeebles is an award winning concert pianist whose career was launched in 1971 when he won the BBC Piano Competition with an unanimous vote from the jury. Since then he has maintained a very busy performing career, with a remarkable amount of overseas travel. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-69847024716567509572011-02-06T09:19:00.002+03:002011-02-06T09:19:57.840+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, 7th February, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;">Film: <i>Words of Sand</i> by Abdullah Hamad al Mekhyal </div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;">Due to the prevailing turmoil in Egypt - Dr. Tamer el-Leithy had to <b>cancel his lecture</b> scheduled for Monday 7<sup>th</sup> Feb. 2011. We apologize for this cancellation; but are pleased instead to offer the chance to see the latest documentary from Abdullah Hamad al Mekhyal.Films by al Mekhyal have been featured on the National Geographic Channel. This film <i>“Words of Sand” </i>is no exception.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;">Shehab Shehab </div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;">Lecture: Seminar on excavations in Failaka Island</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-1970410548274447422011-02-01T12:39:00.000+03:002011-02-01T12:39:48.223+03:00Jewelled Dagger and Scabbard<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One of the finest and frequently published objects from the al-Sabah Collection is this Indian dagger. This object from Mughal <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> dates from 1615-1620. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Weapons in the Mughal court were designed as a way to demonstrate the wealth and importance of its owner. The weapons, such as this dagger, were also considered symbols of authority and honor. They were often given as imperial gifts to persons of high rank. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The sheaths of the weapons were usually made of leather or velvet, but the most important daggers were set with hundreds of precious stones. The Mughal rulers were very fond of gem-set weapons. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This dagger and scabbard from the al-Sabah Collection is magnificently set with over 2,000 stones; consisting of rubies, emeralds, and diamonds among others. It may well be the most extravagantly luxurious dagger ever produced. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">Source:</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">Information provided by <i>Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals</i>, Exhibition Master Pack, December 2008. </span></o:p></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-4912534493119280072011-01-30T08:51:00.000+03:002011-01-30T08:51:53.788+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, January 31, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stefan Weber</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Stefan Weber is the Director of the Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany. Currently, he is organizing the re-conceptualization of the Museum of Islamic Art/Pergamon museum, which will explore the new grounds in researching and communicating the legacy of art, architecture and archaeology of the Middle East and areas under Muslim rule. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lecture: <i>Fragments of a Lost Past or Evidence of a Connected History: The role of urban artistic heritage in the new conceptualization of the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, currently under renovation, will re-open with exhibition space of about 3.000 sq m. The layout and concept will open new innovative ways in presenting the cultural legacy of Muslim Societies to an international audience. The importance of urban artistic heritage in redesigning the museum will also be discussed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, February 2, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arabic Lecture</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abdallah al-Mekhyal</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Falconry </i>- documentary and discussion</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="direction: rtl; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="AR-KW" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">عبدالله المخيال</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="direction: rtl; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span dir="rtl"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="direction: rtl; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="direction: rtl; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-KW" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">حديث الصحراء وثيقة مرئية حيه تعكس واقع الصحراء العربية المعاصرة صور في العديد من الدول العربية واستغرق وقتا طويلا في انتاجه لتوثيق الحياة الفطرية في الصحراء.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="direction: rtl; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-KW" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">يحمل الفلم رؤية جديدة من خلال الاعتماد على الصورة مع المؤثر والموسيقى بدون تعليق فالصورة تغني عن ألف كلمة والصورة هي اللغة الحقيقية للسينما بدون ترجمة أو تعليق.</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-18864421071343458962011-01-23T10:18:00.000+03:002011-01-23T10:18:47.226+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, January 24, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ahmed Sedky</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Ahmed Sedky is an architect, urban management/urban conservation consultant and author. Currently, Dr. Sedky is senior development manager with Midrar Development Management in Jeddah, KSA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lecture: <i>Conservation Qualities: Integrity, Authenticity and Sustainability </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When reviewing international conservation charters in this region, it is essential to deal with historical areas as a whole by emphasising the coherent systems dominating any historical urban fabric. Integrity, authenticity and sustainability--these three define environmental qualities should be integrated and dealt with as an inseparable whole. they should be envisaged as principle measures of success for any area conservation scheme essential for balanced living in a historical environment. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, January 26, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music Circle Concert</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">World Music Fusion</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Samy Ibrahim Group: presents in this concert a variety of pieces from different continents adapted to be performed by this unique ensemble of variant instruments:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Samy Ibrahim violin and piano</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meshaal Jomaa clarinet</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ahmad Al-Sanea cello</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ahmad Al-Sharabasi nay</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abdallah Al-Beloushi percussion</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abdallah Adnan percussion</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mohamed Deshty keyboard</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-23222575941883624312011-01-17T12:11:00.001+03:002011-01-17T12:11:56.662+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, January 17, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arabic Lecture</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, January 19, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music Circle Concert </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yemeni Folklore<br />
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Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-8133511479495140102011-01-12T13:59:00.000+03:002011-01-12T13:59:55.386+03:00"Islamic Chinoiserie"<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The lecture on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 was given by Yuka Kodai, a scholar at the Department of Asian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Kodai was previously a curator at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Islamic Art</st1:placename> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Doha</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Qatar</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The lecture was based on her most recent publication <i>Islamic Chinoiserie: The Art of Mongol Iran</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Islamic Chinoiserie,” a term Kodai had coined herself, examines the Chinese contribution to artistic explosion in Islamic Iranian art under the Mongols. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Iran</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> was conquered by the Mongols and was ruled by the Ilkhanids meaning “subordinate to Great Khan of China”. This resulted in a significant amount of cultural interaction between East and West. The lecture focused on how Chinese artistic styles were evident in Iranian art under the Mongols through textiles, ceramics, metalwork and paintings. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Mongol were very interested in textiles and used it as a form of art propaganda. Textiles were portable objects and this allowed the Mongols to use them as symbols to express their social status. When <st1:place w:st="on">Eurasia</st1:place> was conquered by the Mongols, there was an exchange of people, goods and ideas between East and West. Textiles were one of the products that most aided in the transmitting of ideas and artistic style between East and West. Through imported textiles in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Chinese artistic concepts were adopted. Examples are images of dragons and phoenixes. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The typical Chinese dragon is depicted having a‘s’ shape body with an emphasis on the flames from the snout and its four legs with large claws. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> depicted dragon-like creatures as a snake, but after the Mongol invasion, Iranian depiction of dragons incorporated Chinese style but was combined with their own decorative motifs. The dragon symbolized the emperor of <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, but <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region> transferred the symbol to refer to the Mongol rulers in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Chinese phoenix was also reworked in Ilkhanid <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The typical Chinese phoenix would be depicted with a long impressive tail and a distinctive face within a naturalistic setting or background. Iranian depictions of the Chinese phoenix were more geometrically composed and symmetrical. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ceramics are another important export from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Many of the Chinese ceramic pieces, designs and styles were copied by Iranian potters as well as adopted with more added decorative elements. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One interesting image that was adopted in Islamic Iran from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> was the lotus motif, which appears in textiles, manuscripts, metalwork and architectural decorations. The lotus motif originates from Buddhist China. It had a strong symbolic meaning referring to purity and the Buddha. Islamic <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> adopted this lotus motif and adapted it to their designs creating a more stylized version than the Chinese lotus. Perhaps the lotus acquired a new symbolic meaning in the Islamic Iranian context.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Iconography in paintings clearly displays the multi-religious environment that was taking place in Ilkhanid <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Paintings combined Christian, Buddhist, and Islamic iconography. The example Kadoi discussed was a painting of The Annunciation (a Christian subject matter). The painting depicts the Virgin Mary surrounded by Islamic architecture with a Buddhist style influence. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kadoi concluded by explaining how her research in Islamic Chinoiserie examines the Islamic admiration and understanding of Chinese style and techniques and how that was fundamental in developing Iranian Islamic art during and after the Mongol invasion. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The lecture was very interesting and I find it fascinating to discover how Islamic art is diverse and how Islamic artists had absorbed artistic styles from different cultures and religions and incorporated them into their own style. The result is a mixture of different elements, iconography and motifs each with its own history brought together under the art of Islam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-62546818129241536142011-01-10T09:26:00.001+03:002011-01-10T09:26:36.622+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, January 10, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Moderated by Mr. Ahmed Khajah</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Search of Understanding: <i>The Foundation for a Culture of Peace</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Search of Understanding is a public diplomacy initiative fostering the culture of peace created and carried out by Dr. Mohamed Kazem, counselor at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, currently seconded to the Foundation for a Culture of Peace.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The initiative aims at the alleviation of problems related to mutual lack of understanding and distorted stereotypes and negative imagery among people of the world. This will be accomplished through a synergy of diplomacy, lyrics, music and photos. This synergy is used to stress what is shared and common among us all, ideally culminating in enhanced mutual understanding and acceptance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Tuesday, January 11, 2011</u> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(Added Lecture)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ms. Yuka Kadoi</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lecture: <i>Islamic Art at the Crossroads: Iran and China under the Mongols</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, January 12, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Book Club</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(To find out more about DAI's Book Club, please visit our <a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/EnCulturalForumBook.cms">website</a>)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-64441956696396586992011-01-03T10:07:00.002+03:002011-01-03T10:08:56.013+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, January 3, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Efim A. Rezvan</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Prof. Efim A Rezvan is the deputy director of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences and the author of more than 250 research works published in ten languages; including several on Qur'anic studies and Russian-Arab relations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lecture: <i>The Account of Two Russian Travelers to Kuwait and Ethiopia</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A Russian journalist, Sergey Nikolaevich Syromyatnikov (1860-1934) was sent to Kuwait on a secret mission in 1900. Recently his notes, some related to his mission, were found in a private hiding place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1913 the Saint-Petersburg Kunstkamera Museum provided funds and set goals for celebrated poet Nikolay Gumilyov's journeys to Ethiopia. The poet had brought back not only ethnographic and manuscript collections, but also impressions that inspired a number of poetic works, which are today considered treasures of Russian literature.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, January 5, 2011</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music Circle Concert</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Indian Classical Music</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the events!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-18827469409310645562011-01-03T09:56:00.001+03:002011-01-03T10:07:44.958+03:00LNS 193 W a<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0AoLnNcl6DGWR8MKX2b3vA60Eq9UvZlXxn7XIgzEncGGTvz1MVji2KDa5YXuowWrOHiLbhMabCOz2gAdA_ertoFXDf9_H9ugmIgOVZ_fAnx57DzSkOxcYpc8D52inkBYnC6b4Rb4l2_l/s1600/LNS+193+W+a-b%2528a%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0AoLnNcl6DGWR8MKX2b3vA60Eq9UvZlXxn7XIgzEncGGTvz1MVji2KDa5YXuowWrOHiLbhMabCOz2gAdA_ertoFXDf9_H9ugmIgOVZ_fAnx57DzSkOxcYpc8D52inkBYnC6b4Rb4l2_l/s640/LNS+193+W+a-b%2528a%2529.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The 13<sup>th</sup> and 14<sup>th</sup> century was the fall of the Muslim rule in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The Nasrid kingdom in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> was the last Islamic kingdom in <st1:place w:st="on">Western Europe</st1:place>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This door panel is from the late 14<sup>th</sup> century. It is 143 cm high and 95.5 cm wide. The interlace design of this door, with its eight-pointed stars and the straight borders forming square panels, is typical of the geometry of Islamic Spain. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This object is currently exhibited in “<a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/EnDaiExibitionAlFannmore.cms?ActiveID=1151">al-Fann: Art from the Islamic Civilization</a>” in Palazzo Reale, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Milan</st1:place></st1:city> until 30<sup>th</sup> January, 2011. </div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-55431186942159070182010-12-30T11:19:00.000+03:002010-12-30T11:19:37.804+03:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYIKwvmylFDWd_SZUFN62nU90WredOKCnteDHXsdIAwxult0arcOngcwjNPpWfBxMbSDwtXscFs9klNPZsix6nfbSjfbok36oMn_JeOqYfzWVjaXOlNKhxF-3u87Rp0B35YWZVAvjHe3K/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYIKwvmylFDWd_SZUFN62nU90WredOKCnteDHXsdIAwxult0arcOngcwjNPpWfBxMbSDwtXscFs9klNPZsix6nfbSjfbok36oMn_JeOqYfzWVjaXOlNKhxF-3u87Rp0B35YWZVAvjHe3K/s1600/untitled.bmp" /></a></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-70973966507819433212010-12-19T12:54:00.001+03:002010-12-20T11:09:57.558+03:00Take Your Pick: The al-Sabah Collection<div style="text-align: justify;">The al-Sabah Collection has over 22,000 objects from the Islamic world. <a href="http://darmuseum.org.kw/EnGallery.cms?ActiveID=1096&galleryID=87">Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah's website</a> has provided a selection of images of the objects. They are divided into nine categories:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Arts of the Book</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Ceramics</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Glass</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Ivory and Wood</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Jewelery and Jeweled objects</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Metalwork</div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Numismatics </div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Rugs and Textiles</div><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Stone and Stucco </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want you to take <a href="http://darmuseum.org.kw/EnGallery.cms?ActiveID=1096&galleryID=87">your pick from the collection</a> and tell me what object interests you and would want to know more about. I will try my best to write up a post dedicated to the object you picked! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This will make it a fun way for you to discover the objects and learn how vast and comprehensive The al-Sabah Collection of Islamic art is.<br />
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Just leave a comment with the number of the object: LNS number(s) letter(s).</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-82690891477172141802010-12-19T12:08:00.004+03:002010-12-22T09:13:37.727+03:00UPDATED: Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, December 20, 2010 </u><br />
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<b></b>Piano Recital</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bartek Rybak<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, December 22, 2010</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music Circle Concert</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Al Majd Omani Group<br />
Omani Folklore songs and dance.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hope to see you at the events!</div></div></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-84512681263111198592010-12-12T08:42:00.001+03:002010-12-13T13:21:27.115+03:00Souq al-Maidan!<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Join us this Saturday, 18th December at DAI's museum shop for a one day sale you won't want to miss! Bring your friends and family!</span></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-1197599389752323482010-12-12T08:20:00.001+03:002010-12-12T13:06:54.061+03:00Upcoming Events!<div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Monday, December 13, 2010</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;">CANCELLED.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Wednesday, December 15, 2010</u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arabic Lecture</div><div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0.2em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">د. أيمن فؤاد السيد </div></div><div dir="rtl" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">التطور العمراني لمدينة القاهرة</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvKtFkGK2v-2vzWAfC8cFw6Htjy08wNPY-bOQsT_GZ4QxAN6yeJGk4wABYA0dv9BI56Ke4UDAertPbeOADRKLlhQF2UDVkGHhw9L11lwd1Pve67ZP93I1jwvaHO30eAaNTvCqvepoITul/s1600/New+Image.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvKtFkGK2v-2vzWAfC8cFw6Htjy08wNPY-bOQsT_GZ4QxAN6yeJGk4wABYA0dv9BI56Ke4UDAertPbeOADRKLlhQF2UDVkGHhw9L11lwd1Pve67ZP93I1jwvaHO30eAaNTvCqvepoITul/s200/New+Image.JPG" width="164" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(For more info. click on the image)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope to see you at the event!</div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-71886199723674839902010-12-05T09:44:00.002+03:002010-12-06T12:31:33.234+03:00Notice!Unfortunately the lecture for tomorrow <b>Monday 6th December 2010 is cancelled</b>. <a href="http://daikuwait.blogspot.com/2010/12/upcoming-events.html">Dr. Juan Souto</a> was unable to travel from Madrid because of the airport/airspace strike.<br />
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Also the musical concert on <b>Monday 13th December 2010 is cancelled</b> due to unforeseen circumstances.<br />
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DAI apologizes for the cancellations but not to worry Cultural Season 16 has many more lectures and musical concerts coming up!<br />
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</b>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-64687446532346142622010-12-02T12:21:00.001+03:002011-02-01T12:27:14.737+03:00Cultural Season 16: Ivory<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This Cultural Season's theme is dedicated to ivory from Islamic lands. The <a href="http://daikuwait.blogspot.com/p/cultural-season-16.html">brochure for CS16</a> has images of several ivory pieces from The al-Sabah Collection. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Ivory was considered a very valuable and luxurious commodity. Early craftsmen mostly used elephant ivory from <st1:place w:st="on">East Africa</st1:place>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If you have a copy of CS16’s brochure, have you wondered what the ivory object on the cover was? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This ivory piece is part of a sword hilt—the grip. It dates to the 14<sup>th</sup> century from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It is elephant ivory and is carved and decorated with inscriptions and arabesques. Throughout the Muslim world, there was a unity in style of Islamic ivory work; from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> and <st1:state w:st="on">Sicily</st1:state> in Europe, to the <st1:place w:st="on">Near East</st1:place>. Geometry and perfect symmetry were important elements. This is evident in the vegetal designs and organic patterns in this particular object <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></span>.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5MOywqqPBK6zuxb_jAaQpG7KwqnpLXQZPpxD-NKDGeQYSN8T8wyK-r5QR-4Mn8VaiJvLOeTg-TqWu1de24IzfXBOtMMkHwnGwRTXGRT5_JiS_BE74vkviC2842C4d_3nNfPWKOl1R5S0/s1600/LNS+20+I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5MOywqqPBK6zuxb_jAaQpG7KwqnpLXQZPpxD-NKDGeQYSN8T8wyK-r5QR-4Mn8VaiJvLOeTg-TqWu1de24IzfXBOtMMkHwnGwRTXGRT5_JiS_BE74vkviC2842C4d_3nNfPWKOl1R5S0/s640/LNS+20+I.jpg" width="233" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This sword grip is hollow and the ornamented section is thicker than the rest of the object. The sizes of ivory objects were limited because of the nature of this material. Judging from the cover image you wouldn’t be able to guess the size of this ivory piece. But this sword grip is 10.00 cm in length, and the width is 4.00 cm. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Images: [2]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> An example of another sword with an ivory hilt; also from The al-Sabah Collection.</span></div><div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Even after the fall of the Arab rule in <st1:city w:st="on">Cordoba</st1:city>, carved ivory remained popular in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> to the 14<sup>th</sup> century. That period of Arab rule had a great influence on craft traditions in that region.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sources:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah's Cultural Season 16 Brochure.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-The al-Sabah Collection's Database. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[1] "Ivory: A History and Collector's Guide<i>"</i>, (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1987), 190. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Images: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[1] LNS 20 I from The al-Sabah Collection, carved elephant ivory grip from the hilt of a sword with pious inscriptions. probably Granada, Spain, 8th century AH/14th century AD. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[2] LNS 37 I from The al-Sabah Collection, carved from walrus ivory; inlaid with gold. length 110 mm; width 39 mm. probably Deccan, Bijapur, dated AH 1044/AD 1634. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-52375318523502884462010-12-02T09:45:00.000+03:002010-12-02T09:45:45.087+03:00Upcoming Events!<u>Monday, December 6, 2010</u><br />
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Juan A. Souto<br />
Dr. Juan Antonio Souto is a professor of Islamic History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and vice president of the European Union of European Arabists and Islamists. He specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies.<br />
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Lecture:<i> The Aljaferia of Saragossa: Between Cordova and Marrakech </i><br />
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Saragossa was the capital of one of the most flourishing <i>ta'ifa </i>kingdoms to come out of the dismantling of the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova, in Al-Andalus. The city is located in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula. A <i>qasr </i>was built at Saragossa, which was named al-Ja'fariyya ("Aljaferia"). The architectural style from al-Ja'fariyya<i> </i>was later adopted by North African dynastys, Almoravids and Almohads.<br />
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Al-Ja'fariyya became a key piece to the architecture and decorative arts of Western Islam--a "bridge" between Cordova, capital of the Andalusi Umayyad Caliphate, and Marrakech, capital of the Almoravid and Almohad empires.<br />
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<u>Wednesday, December 8, 2010</u><br />
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Book Club<br />
Discussion: <i>Arabic Novel in Translation</i><br />
(To find out more about DAI's Book Club please visit our <a href="http://www.darmuseum.org.kw/EnCulturalForumBook.cms">website</a>.)<br />
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Hope to see you at the events!DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-76018293564137373972010-12-02T09:15:00.002+03:002010-12-02T09:18:27.415+03:00"Traditional Arab Music for Orchestra"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSOZ3_BfdYsb9JLz_3jOtAPpp6fwiuZbukcki5Aq50Nj5WNw-Cgsd3MRgZ3cA6qt6v795MFY_SJ3q33geRaP12sONNB8X9a8yeOvQFe3LxHMr8HcKW7dPeAo0kMqfsQPrtqbxLMLjt7Kh/s1600/DSC03248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSOZ3_BfdYsb9JLz_3jOtAPpp6fwiuZbukcki5Aq50Nj5WNw-Cgsd3MRgZ3cA6qt6v795MFY_SJ3q33geRaP12sONNB8X9a8yeOvQFe3LxHMr8HcKW7dPeAo0kMqfsQPrtqbxLMLjt7Kh/s400/DSC03248.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The crowd on the night of the concert on Monday was nothing like I have seen before. In addition to many of DAI’s friends and members, the crowd consisted mostly of family and friends of the musicians and students performing; as well as teachers and VIPs from the Music Department. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Each audience member received a pamphlet; which gave an introduction to the Music department at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Basic Education</st1:placename></st1:place> operated by the Public Authority for Applied Education & Training. The pamphlet also included the program for the night. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Music department from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Basic Education P.A.A.T.</st1:placename></st1:place> was established in 1986. It offers students training in all music styles and genres and graduates will receive a Bachelor in Music Science and Education. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The magnificent performance prepared for Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah was arranged and conducted by the maestro Dr. Abdulla Al-Masry. It combined music from Arab and international work with a “touch of Kuwaiti spirit.” The Arab songs were presented in the form of an orchestra, including western instruments and Arabic instruments; as well as a choir performance. It was a special night because that night was the first night the students performed off campus. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The concert included instrumental pieces, solos sung by students and opera singers Dr. Mahmoud Faraj and Dr. Hanan Al Gundi. Most of the night concentrated on the student choir. There wonderful voices which echoed in the auditorium were expressive and harmonious. The biggest surprise was when Dr. Abdulla Al-Masry explained how the college is segregated and he had to train the women choir and the men choir separately, and that tonight was their first performance together! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">With talent like that, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Kuwait</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s music scene has a bright future. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">One of the speakers of the night explained how music is an “international language,” and I couldn’t agree more. The musical performance was enjoyed by Arabic and non-Arabic speakers. You didn’t have to understand the lyrics; the music spoke for itself.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I was proud and honored to have been in the presence of such great young talent from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kuwait</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529181331347506646.post-33965828933768922842010-11-28T12:42:00.000+03:002010-11-28T12:42:37.690+03:00Bejeweled Turbans<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The great Mughals of India decorated their bodies with jewellery from head to toe. The only missing piece was a crown, which was something the dynasty had in common with most other Muslim rulers <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[1].</span></span> The common form of headwear for men was the turban. It is usually flat but the shape changes according to each period. Turbans worn by princes and rulers had luxurious ornaments <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[2].</span></span><b> </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The original tradition of wearing feathers as a symbol of power goes back to the Mughal's ancestor Timur. The feather on the turban was usually slightly curved because of the weight of an attached stone or pearl <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[3]</span></span><b>.</b> By the time of the early Mughal rulers, there was a new addition to the long curved feathers. Decorative strands of pearls would be hung around the turban and they would be held in place by a fastening or form of turban ornament called a <i>sarpech</i>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <i>sarpech</i> came in many shapes and forms. Ones that are made of precious stones, in a way acknowledged the legitimacy of a ruler; because precious stones were reserved to be worn only by rulers and noblemen. The painting below shows Jahangir handing a sarpech to Prince Khurram--as a sign of recognition.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The <i>jigha</i> was a form of a turban ornament that was made of bejeweled gold. To evoke the traditional form of a curved feather worn by their ancestor Timur, the shape of the feather was maintained in the <i>jigha</i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[3].</span></span>This form of turban ornament became very popular during Jahangir and Shah Jahan’s reign <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[2].</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This magnificent emerald set <i>jigha, </i>dated to the 2nd half of the 17th century AD, is part of The al-Sabah Collection. It was made using the ajour setting. What distinguishes the ajour setting is the way in which large precious stones are set without backings, creating an effect of transmitted light. The way it allows the light to flow through it creates a spectacular effect that recalls stained-glass windows <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[4]</span></span>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps the absence of crowns led the Mughals to increase the imperial look of their turbans. Turban ornaments were taken to a new level of eye-catching display and it only kept growing over the following centuries <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[3].</span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The al-Sabah Collection is in possession of several jeweled turban ornaments. This particular piece has been singled out because of its appearance on several exhibition posters and publications. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Sources:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[1] Manuel Keene with Salam Kaoukji, "Treasury of the World: <i>Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals," </i>(London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2001), 25. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[2] Annemarie Schimmel, "History, Art and Culture," <i>The Empire of the Great Mughals</i>, (London: REAKTON BOOKS LTD, 2004), 171 and 176. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[3] </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">Susan Stronge, "Treasury of the World" in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><i>Jewels Without Crowns: Mughal Gems in Miniatures, </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">By Lucien de Guise (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">: IAMM Publication, 2010), 95. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">[4] Information provided by <i>Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals</i>, Exhibition Master Pack, December 2008. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Images:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[1] (detail of painting) Farrukh Siyar. Circa 1712-1719. Reproduced by permission of the British Library. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Catalogue: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">Susan Stronge, "Treasury of the World" in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><i>Jewels Without Crowns: Mughal Gems in Miniatures, </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">By Lucien de Guise (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">: IAMM Publication, 2010).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[2] Painting of Jahangir Presenting Prince Khurram with a Turban Ornament, by Payag, circa 1640, The Royal Collection Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Catalogue: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">Susan Stronge, "Treasury of the World" in</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><i>Jewels Without Crowns: Mughal Gems in Miniatures, </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">By Lucien de Guise (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">: IAMM Publication, 2010).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">[3] LNS 1767 J in The al-Sabah Collection. Gold turban ornament worked in kundan technique and set with emeralds and diamonds, the reverse with champleve and overpainted enamel. North Indian or Deccan, 2nd half of 11th century AH/ 2nd half of 17th century AD. 17.4 cm high; 5.25 cm wide. </span></div>DAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16132604366654992720noreply@blogger.com4