Tag: Insta
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Dr. Yuka Kadoi and Dr. James C.Y. Watt
Visiting scholars: Dr. Yuka Kadoi and Dr. James C.Y. Watt study the jade objects in the al-Sabah Collection at Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Collection Office.
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November 12, 2014
H.E. Maria Angela Holguin, Columbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and members of her delegation visited the Amricani Cultural Centre today. During her visit, she took a tour of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s exhibitions – Splendors of the Ancient East, Loans from the Kuwait National Museum and Long Ago Zoo. Apart from learning the historical and cultural…
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Prof. Emerita Doris Behrens
“The Meanings of Recycled Building Materials in the Islamic Architecture of Egypt”
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the 18th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of International Council on Monuments and Sites, Florence, Italy
After her trip to Paris, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Director General Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah will fly to Florence, Italy and attend the 18th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) “Heritage and Landscape as Human Values” from the 9 – 14th November. ICOMOS is a non-governmental, non-profit international…
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2-Day Conference: “Whither the Arabic World? Revisiting Democratic Transition Theory”
“Whither the Arabic World? Revisiting Democratic Transition Theory” was a 2-day Conference organized by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and Sciences Po at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA). It ended with more questions than answers, nevertheless it was extremely fruitful in capturing the conundrum facing the Arab world. The…
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November 9, 2014
Her Royal Highness Princess Pooyam Tirunal Gouri Parvathi Bayi – from the Travancore Royal family in the Indian State of Kerala – visited the Amricani Cultural Centre and toured DAI’s exhibitions: Splendors of the Ancient East, Loans from the Kuwait National Museum and Long Ago Zoo. Her family has ruled for over 1200 years and…
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November 9, 2014
Students from the Amra Bint Hazm school visited the Amricani Cultural Centre and toured Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Splendors of the Ancient East, Loans from the Kuwait National Museum and Long Ago Zoo Exhibits. The Amra Bint Hazm School is one of many schools whose students participated in curating the Long Ago Zoo exhibition.
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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.
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Decoupage with Hanan al Shaye’a
Workshop instructor Hanan al-Shaye’a teaches Friends of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah a recycling technique called Decoupage: the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects.
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Dr. Xu Yong Xiang and his assistant Ms. Joan Xu
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.