At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

What is “Islamic art”? This question has remained open since the term was coined by Western art historians in the 19th century. The debate is alive and well today among scholars who are ...

“It’s difficult to imagine anything more sacred to Muslims than the Kiswah that dresses the House of God,” says the Islamic art scholar Julian Raby, who returned as one of the artistic ...

View of the AlMidhallah exhibition component, the outdoor exhibition spaces, at the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 ... Shono as Curator of Contemporary Art, the Biennale presents over 500 objects ...

Though several artefacts with origins in India in the display, the sole Indian institution is the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art from Hyderabad. “This is the world’s only biennale ...

By juxtaposing historical objects from Islamic cultures with contemporary art, the Biennale explores how faith is experienced, expressed, and celebrated through feeling, thinking, and making. The ...

This week I’ll highlight sections of the biennale that bridge Islamic and contemporary art; one of Jeddah’s most popular seaside restaurants, Al Nakheel; exhibitions in Jeddah that highlight the power ...

Focus on Islamic teachings in police training raises concern among some Syrians Police trainers say this is to instil a sense of morality in recruits Bashar al-Assad's security forces had a ...

What Bailey meant was that he believed, in time, that art collectors would come to recognize the significance of art regardless of its scale. When I came across Santiago’s work in 2018 ...

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Marianna Shreve Simpson holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has published, taught, and lectured widely on medieval and early modern Islamic art in general and the arts of the book in particular.

US military veteran from Texas is the suspect in the New Orleans car-ramming attack that killed more than 15 people. Blinken meets Iraqi PM in Baghdad to discuss ISIL, Syria US Secretary of State ...