Lisa Urkevich Dr Lisa Urkevich is Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Department of Music and Drama at the American University of Kuwait. She was recently appointed general editor of the College Music Society (CMS) Symposium, overseeing all ten publications of CMS, which is the largest academic music organisation in the world. In 2015-16 she was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. She was the 2015 recipient of the Alumna of the Year Award from the University of Maryland, USA. Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula covers an impressive physical area with remarkably diverse terrains within which reside variegated, ancient cultures. Regardless of the fact…

د. محمد قاسم أستاذ مساعد بكلية الدراسات التكنولوجية، في قسم الهندسة الالكترونية، تخصص الخلايا العصبية الاصطناعية، وشبكات التعلم العميق والإيمان العميق. عمل في مجال التحسين وضغط المعلومات، يقدم خدمات استشارية لمؤسسة الكويت للتقدم العلمي، ويعمل على نشر وتبسيط العلم في المجتمع. د. قاسم ينشر العلم أيضا من خلال محاضرات يلقيها في الكويت والخليج، ومن خلال شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي، له مئات الآلاف إلى ملايين المتابعين المحبين للعلم على الشبكات المختلفة. الموسيقى في العلم الموسيقى جزء لا يتجزأ من حياة الإنسان، فهي قد بدأت منذ القدم في تاريخ البشرية، وبقيت معنا إلى يومنا هذا بشكل أو بآخر، ومع تطور ذوق الإنسان للموسيقى تطورت الآلات لتغير بالتالي المذاق الموسيقي. وعلى مر الأعوام القليلة…

Manijeh Bayani Wolpert Dr Manijeh Bayani is an independent scholar based in the UK, specialising in Persian and Arabic epigraphy. She is the author of/contributor to various publications including: The Windsor Shahnama of 1648 (2007), most of the catalogues in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art series, among them: Lacquer of the Islamic Lands (1997) The Decorated Word (2 volumes 1998 and 2009) and Persian Painting, The Arts of the Book and Portraiture, The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (2015). Precious Books and Their Travels in the Indian and Iranian Worlds. Knowledge has been revered throughout the Islamic world, and establishing libraries and collection of books has been the pride…

Alain George Dr Alain George is the IM Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford’s Khalili Research Centre and Wolfson College and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. His research, for which he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2010, encompasses several intersecting themes. He is currently preparing a book on Qur’anic manuscripts and religious books in The al-Sabah Collection. He is also working on a book about the Great Mosque of Damascus. A Brief History of Arabic Calligraphy Through The al-Sabah Collection Calligraphy was one of the earliest art forms developed by Muslims: its cornerstones were laid as early as the…

Christian Robin Dr Christian Robin is the director of research emeriti of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France, the founder of the French research center in Sana’a (Yemen) and has served as director for many archaeological expeditions and research projects. He is the author of numerous books and scientific papers, most related to Yemen and its history. He also edited several publications and created two important archaeological maps, one of ancient Yemen and the other of Yemen’s Al-Jawf Valley. The Origins of the Arabic Language In ancient times, the linguistic diversity of Arabia was greater than today. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the languages of…

Learn more about “Ancient Yemenite Jewellery in the pre-Islamic period” presented by Dr. Laila Aqeel. Dr. Laila Aqeel holds a doctorate in the history of art and archeology from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She has an important role in documenting Yemeni seals in the Louvre Museum. She has participated in many conferences by UNESCO, and has several articles on Yemen’s ancient jewellery.  

Sabina Antonini Dr Sabina Antonini is the Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen for Monumenta Orientalia (Rome). From 1984 to 2013, she was the archaeologist and principal art historian for the mission’s excavations. Since 2012, she has contributed to CNRS (Paris) archaeological efforts in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. She is the author of 9 monographs and over fifty articles on South Arabian Archaeology and Art History. Antonini received her PhD from the University of Naples L’Orientale. Representation of Power in Southern Arabia in the Early Centuries CE As part of the South Arabian figurative production in the early centuries CE, few statues that belong to the Greek-Roman iconographic…

A lecture titled “A new reading of the history of the Arabian Peninsula of recent archaeological discoveries in Saudi Arabia ” presented by Dr. Ali Bin Ibrahim Alghabban. Dr. Ali bin Ibrahim Alghabban is a Vice President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities and General Supervisor of King Abdullah cultural heritage project.