Greeted by Islamic poetry pamphlets, attendees stepped into the Union Building’s Quadrangle room, its perimeter lined with ...

Rochester artist Ayub HajiOmar has built a career weaving images with Islamic verse. His latest commission was a series of ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

In every stone he carves, Palestinian artist Ramadan Ahmed tells the story of Gaza’s loss, its people’s survival, and their ...

It immediately felt inviting.The works on display also beckoned me inside as I began to get a sense of what today’s artistic ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The centerpiece of the Islamic Arts Biennale, which opened in Jeddah last week, is as unusual in its conception as in its location. Step into one of the dozens of towering canopies in the Western ...

What is “Islamic art”? This question has remained open ... The rationale for launching an Islamic Arts Biennale in Saudi Arabia was simple. The Kingdom is home to the holy sites of Mecca ...

PALMYRA, Syria—Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of Palmyra on a school trip as a child. Last week, he strolled with friends past ...

“It’s difficult to imagine anything more sacred to Muslims than the Kiswah that dresses the House of God,” says the Islamic art scholar Julian Raby, who returned as one of the artistic ...