Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust
Bringing you the best of art from all around the Islamic world.
Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust
S2E3 A Journey to Mount Sinai - George Manginis and Juan de Lara
•
Asia House Arts and Learning
•
Season 2
•
Episode 3
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
George Manginis, Academic Director at the Benaki Museum in Athens, sheds light on the importance of the Monastery of St. Catherine in Mount Sinai, Egypt—the bridge between Asia and Africa. George will reveal, how unlike popular belief, the monastery has been an important place of pilgrimage for three Abrahamic religions alike: Christendom, Islam and Judaism
This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islamic World.