Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust
Coping with coronavirus’ fruits of boredom? Well, make our Asia House Arts In Isolation series your favourite playlist and belt them out — and open a window so others can hear.Pretty much everything from the Louvre to the NBA has been closed, cancelled or postponed. But it takes more than that to really cancel culture. Because if you can’t visit art, we bring it to you. We can still remain connected to the creative voices who help us make sense of our times.
Episodes
58 episodes
Ancient Arabia: A New UNESCO Site
Join Juan De Lara as he takes us on a tour through the colourful history of Arabia's Qaryat al Faw; a fascinating gem in the desert rich with treasure-laden tombs, frescoes of Egyptian goddesses, statues of Greek demigods, and marvellous inscri...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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27:35
Teaching Islamic Art in Schools, with Rizwan Iqbal
Join Rizwan Iqbal as he explores how to get young people excited about Islamic art. Listen as he details the problems faced, solutions he has discovered, and the exciting work he has done as part of our Hands On Islamic Art project, which conne...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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35:43
Seals of Sumatra, with Annabel Gallop
Join Annabel Gallop as she takes us to the Indonesian province of Aceh, where she introduces us to the Ninefold Seal, and through it, takes us on a tour through Mughal power, Chinese trade, European conquest, and the wonderful artistic expressi...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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27:36
Lost Libraries of Tunis, with Laura Hinrichsen
Join Laura Hinrichsen as she walks us through her fascinating new research, reconstructing the great libraries of 16th century Tunis, once thought completely lost, by hunting down fragments scattered across the world. Listen as she explores the...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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26:00
Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery, with Rachel Dedman
Join Rachel Dedman as she explores the beauty and politics of Palestinian textiles. Listen as she discusses her work on the current Material Power exhibition in the UK, whose public programme was part of our Hands On Islamic Art
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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23:22
Gaza: Art History & Lost Monuments, with Leena Ghannam
Join Leena Ghannam as she walks us through an often unfamiliar aspect of Gaza: its art, architecture, and monuments. Listen in as she takes us through mermaid monuments and golden markets, from temples of Aphrodite to masterpieces of modern art...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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30:25
Unearthing Ottoman Greece, with Konstantinos Politis
Join Konstantinos Politis as he digs through the long history of the Greek city of Chalkida, from its war-altering strategic importance to its lush date farms. Listen as he discusses his work, as a grantee of The Barakat Trust, exploring the to...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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24:42
West Asian Weaving, with Nour Hage
Join Nour Hage as she weaves a story of textiles in West Asia, from bridal practices, to talismanic symbols, to Nour's own work as an artist. Listen as she discusses her work on Leighton House's recent Kheit exhibition, as part of our ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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22:32
Delicious Delicacies, with Nawal Nasrallah
Join Nawal Nasrallah for a delectable dive into the world of Medieval North African cooking. Learn the connection between ostrich eggs and eggplants, how we have been stuffing birds wrong this whole time, and the brilliant historical stories be...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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40:29
Saladin: Between Man and Myth, with Abdul Rahman Azzam
Join Abdul Rahman Azzam for a discussion of espionage and honour, history and technology, as he explores the life and legacy of one of history's greatest leaders: Saladin. Listen now to learn where the man meets the myth, why he has endured so ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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40:37
Aga Khan Award for Architecture, with Farrokh Derakhshani
Join Farrokh Derakhshani for an inside look into the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most prestigious architectur...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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33:27
Jeddah: Crossroads of the World with Ahmad Angawi
Join celebrated artist Ahmad Angawi as he explores how Jeddah has been influenced by many cultures, from Morocco to Indonesia, and how Jeddah has influenced them back. Learn about the cultural exchanges that pilgrimages brought, explore the tra...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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37:07
The Power of the Visual with Ulrike Al-Khamis
Join Ulrike Al-Khamis for an inside look at the Aga Khan Museum's latest exhibition in Toronto, Canada. IMAGE? The Power of the Visual explores image-making over the centuries, exploring through the lens of Islamic art from across many...
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Season 4
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34:42
Olive Oil Empires with Anna Leone
Join Anna Leone for a tour through time as she explores life in North Africa from the Roman era to today. Find out how (olive) oil has been driving the world economy since antiquity, how you can tell a lot about a time period by its frying pans...
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Season 4
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32:04
Saudi Modern with Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz
How did the discovery of oil transform Saudi Arabia's cities and its architecture? How can art and architecture come together to capture the spirit of modernism in a nation known more for tradition? Join this conversation with Abdulrahman...
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Season 4
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Episode 0
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38:47
Secret Geometry with Wael Sabry and Seif El Rashidi
Join Wael Sabry on his quest to save the ancient craft of Kundekari - complex wooden geometry. Sabry is tracking down the few remaining master carpenters in Turkey and Egypt, trying to learn their carefully-guarded secrets, hidden e...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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32:41
Decoding Arms and Armour with Arthur Bijl
Join Arthur Bijl, Hutton McRoberts Assistant Curator of Ottoman, Middle Eastern and Asian Arms and Armour at The Wallace Collection for a fascinating conversation about the social history of arms and armour. Discover how what we think of as 'we...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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35:15
Revealing Esna: An Egyptian Hidden Gem with Kareem Ibrahim
Join Kareem Ibrahim, an architect and CEO of Takween Integrated Community Development, as he reveals an Egyptian hidden gem, the ancient city of Esna, and an innovative project to introduce sustainable tourism through community "sit...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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38:25
Andalusia's Great Inventor: Ibn Firnas, with Glaire Anderson and Seif El Rashidi
Join Glaire Anderson for a fascinating conversation about one of great inventors of Andalusia: Abbas Ibn Firnas, who successfully invented a glider plane in the 9th century, and undertook the first known flight when in his 60s! Find out a...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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36:15
Ephemeral Palaces and Eternal Poetry of Iraq - Matt Saba & Seif El Rashidi
Join Matt Saba for a fascinating conversation about the magnificent palaces built by the Abbasid Caliphs of Iraq. This dynasty realised that kingdoms invariably rose and fell, and that the longest lasting legacy of the reign would be lite...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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34:01
Heritage is Ours - May Al-Ibrashy and Seif El Rashidi
May Al-Ibrashy, conservation architect and founder of Megawra Built Environment Collective and al-Athar Lina (Heritage is Ours!), talks to us about the projects she is leading to preserve historic Cairo, putting the community first. May discuss...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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31:08
The Making of a Master Calligrapher - Bilal Badat and Seif El Rashidi
The Making of a Master Calligrapher - Bilal Badat and Seif El RashidiJoin Bilal Badat, master calligrapher and scholar for a conversation about the meaning of Islamic calligraphy. Badat explains calligraphy not just as a craft but...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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38:25
The Jewel of Damascus - Alain George and Juan de Lara
Alain George shares his most recent book research on the Mosque of Damascus, an incredible building in Syria that is a living testament to better our understanding of community relations between Pagans, Christians and Muslims during the formati...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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29:00
Epic Iran - Tim Stanley and Juan de Lara
Tim Stanley, co-curator of the blockbuster exhibition 'Epic Iran' at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, shares with us the challenges of putting together such ambitious exhibition, and the rewarding effect it has caused around the public...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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38:23
Meeting for Coffee: Ottoman Style – Doğukan Atmaca and Seif El Rashidi
Featuring in our new Young Perspectives series, Doğukan Atmaca explores the emergence of coffeehouses in Istanbul, and the way in which coffeehouse culture spread like wildfire despite accusations that cafes were the source of political unrest ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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