Islamic Decorative Arts: The importance of geometry.
Giovanni Curatola Dr Giovanni Curatola is a professor at the University of Udine, Italy and is the author of more than one hundred scientific publications on Islamic art. He curated the first general exhibition on Islamic Art in Italy in 1993. He also curated the exhibition al-Fann. Art from the Islamic Civilization. The al-Sabah Collection, […]
How Ideas Spread in Kuwait
A lecture about ” How Ideas Spread in Kuwait” presented by Dr. Hisham Alawadhi.
Remembering the Imãm Yahyã ibn al-Qãsim Mashhad in Mosul
Richard Piran McClary Dr Richard Piran McClary is a fellow of the British Institute of Persian Studies and has worked with leading universities and museums, most notably The University of Edinburgh. A prolific author, he has published numerous book reviews, monographs and journal articles, most recently a monograph entitled Rum Seljuq Architecture 1170 – 1220: […]
Christianity in the Gulf on the Eve of Islam in Light of Archaeological Discoveries
Julie Bonnéric Dr Julie Bonnéric is the co-director of the French-Kuwaiti Archeological Mission. Since 2011, she has been in charge of the study of al-Qusur site, on Failaka Island (Kuwait). She is also a researcher at the Annemarie Schimmel College, University of Bonn (Germany). An archaeologist and pottery specialist, she has worked on excavations in […]
Architecture in Brazil- An Overview
Special Lecture in corporation with the Embassy of Brazil in Kuwait. Tuesday 24 October! 7 pm “Architecture in Brazil- An Overview” presented by Eduardo Pires Ferreira at the Yarmouk Cultural center.
Around the Congress of Arabic Music in Cairo, 1932: The local and global impact of the sound recordings
Jean Lambert Dr Jean Lambert is an anthropologist and an ethnomusicologist specialising in the music of Yemen and Arabian Peninsula, as well as the history of Arab music. He has served as the director of the French Center of Sanaa (CEFAS, Yemen) and the head of the Research Center in Ethnomusicology (Nanterre University). He published […]
عبد الله محمد بن جاسم المطيري. الآيات والشعارات على النقود الإسلامية
عبد الله محمد بن جاسم المطيري. خبير إماراتي في المسكوكات الإسلامية، وباحث في التراث المحلي والخليجي، ومدير بيت الشيخ سعيد بن مكتوم آل مكتوم سابقا. يعمل الآن مستشارا لقطاع المتاحف والتراث في هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون، وعضو الجمعية الملكية البريطانية والجمعية الأمريكية للنميات. شارك في العديد من المعارض المحلية والعالمية. كما يمتلك حوالي 15 ألف […]
Stepping Over the Horizon: Dame Freya Stark 1893-1993
Alison Shan Price MBE Founder and director of One World Actors Centre UK and Creative Director of TAQA Productions, Kuwait, Shan Price has lived in Kuwait for 33 years working with multi-national artists to bring cross-cultural history alive through the medium of original performance. Later this season Shan Price will portray Dame Freya Stark in […]
Precious Indian Weapons in The al-Sabah Collection
Salam Kaoukji Ms Salam (Sue) Kaoukji is the curator and collection manager of The al-Sabah Collection and the author of Precious Indian Weapons: And Other Princely Accoutrements, the latest book on objects in the collection. Kaoukji has contributed to numerous international exhibition publications about India and the jeweled arts, and has co-authored several exhibition catalogues […]
Incense Burners in the Tareq Rajab Museum
Ziad Sayid Rajab Dr Ziad Rajab is the director of the New English School and a Tareq Rajab Museum board member. In addition to being a human resource specialist, he is involved in the arts, and has non-professional certifications in book binding, illumination, portraiture, oil painting and pottery. He is also an accomplished flautist. Incense […]