Tag Archives: Art
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Piece of the month: the “Taller del Moro”
Throughout the month of March, thanks to the collaboration between the Centre for Studies on [...]
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CEMI’s participation in the “Medina” program of RTVE
Last January, the Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a project of the [...]
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Solidarity and sharing in the Arab-Islamic world
The Big Contradiction Amongst the topics that come up often in debates, newspapers, news, talk [...]
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Surnames of Arabic origin
The Arab legacy in the Iberian Peninsula can be seen through multiple and diverse aspects, [...]
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Khamsa, the hand of Fatima
The hand of Fatima has become one of the most common symbols to produce jewels, [...]
Jun
Muslim artists portray the month of Ramadan
Last Friday, April 24th began the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims. [...]
May
Calligraphy to illustrate the everyday life
Calligraphy has historically held a prominent role as a form of artistic expression in the [...]
Nov
The heritage of Notre Dame – less European than people think
On Monday, as Notre Dame burned before our eyes, it was striking to note how few [...]
Apr
Islamic tapestry with figurative scenes
In Islam, figurative designs are, at the least, unadvisable. Some of them, as is the [...]
May
Yazid Kheloufi, spiritual calligraphy
Yazid Kheloufi’s works show an approach to writing as a means of creation, through calligraphy [...]
Apr
“Los colores culturales de Marruecos” has been republished
The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID) has republished “Los colores culturales de Marruecos” (The [...]
Nov
eL Seed: A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings
eL Seed fuses Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and [...]
Jul
Les femmes potières du Rif
Magnifique reportage sur la poterie rurale féminine des montagnes du Rif, au nord du Maroc, [...]
Jan
النقوش الكتابية في الفن
على مر التاريخ، لم يُستخدم فن الكتابة العربية لتدوين ونسخ الكتب فحسب. فمنذ تطوره في [...]
Jul
Iman Maleki: portraits of Iran
Iman was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of [...]
Sep
The Feast of the Candles in Salé
Much of the Islamic world has just finished celebrating the ‘Mawlid’, the birth of the [...]
Jan
Cultural colors of Morocco
The exhibition The cultural colors of Morocco, taking place in Rabat, is part of a [...]
Mar
Peace and beauty in Massoudy’s calligraphy
Hassan Massoudy is an artist for whom the word itself remains the most sublime creative force. [...]
Oct
L’art islamique à Rabat
La Villa des Arts de Rabat organise une rencontre sur l’art en pays musulmans. L’art islamique né en orient, a [...]
Apr
Hadith Bayad wa Riyad Manuscript
Elena López Cuenca The purpose of this work is to account for the subject matter [...]
Jan
“Masterpieces from the V&A” in Damascus
The exhibition World Ceramics: Masterpieces from the V&A will open as the finale to-the Damascus [...]
Oct
An Installation by Samta Benyahia
Architecture of the Veil: An Installation by Samta Benyahia—the first US museum exhibition by the [...]
Jun
Poterie rurale du Nord du Maroc
L’Association Terres des Femmes est une association siégée au Maroc qui s’occupe de la sauvegarde [...]
Dec
Persian visions
Contemporary Photography From Iran presents more than 80 images that provide a revealing view of [...]
Oct