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Students from the Amra Bint Hazm School Toured DAI’s Exhibitions
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Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif continues her work at the Collection Office on the upcoming publication about the metal work from the west Islamic lands in the al-Sabah Collection. November 9th 2014
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Decoupage with Hanan al Shaye’a
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Dr. Xu Yong Xiang and his assistant Ms. Joan Xu
Today we welcome two visiting scholars – Dr. Xu Yong Xiang and his assistant Ms. Joan Xu – from the Chinese National Committee of Culture to the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah Collection Office. October 30th 2014
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Taqabol
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World History of Rashid al-Din Conference
Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Director General Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah at the World History of Rashid al-Din Conference at the University of Edinburgh. This international conference, timed to coincide with the launch of the new Edinburgh Masters Programme in Persian Civilization and the anniversary exhibition of Rashid al-Din’s World of History in Edinburgh, will explore the importance of the visual in the Persian World. It aims to examine the historic role of visual culture in the shaping, influencing, and transforming of Persian cultures over successive centuries. October 25th 2014
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Invitation to attend the World History of Rashid al-Din Conference at the University of Edinburgh
Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Director General Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah has been invited to attend the World History of Rashid al-Din Conference at the University of Edinburgh by Professor Hugh Goddard, Director at the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World. October 23rd 2014
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Long Ago Zoo: Animals in The al-Sabah Collection
H.E. Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) opened Long Ago Zoo: Animals in The al-Sabah Collection, an exhibition curated by children between the ages of 6 and 12 years old - the first in the Middle East and one of a very few ever executed anywhere in the world. This groundbreaking exhibition included more than 100 objects covering the full geography and chronology of the Islamic world.
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Leila el-Wakil. “The Shock of the Traditional”
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