Workshops

ORJWAN Art Club will held a workshop on Exploring Arabic Calligraphy. All art materials will be provided.

This workshop concerns the primary sources associated with Sufi studies and will be conducted by Dr. Gavin Picken, with contributions from CIS alumnus, Osman Qazi. This is the first in a series of workshops that aims to provide an opportunity to engage with a variety of primary sources associated with the discipline of Islamic studies broadly conceived.

The Islamic Institute for Development & Research (IIDR), in partnership with the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and the Minaretein Centre, brings for the first time in Qatar its most popular public education course — Journey through the Quran. The course will cover all 114 chapters of the Quran in four days course in

Indian Artist, Archana Bhardwaj offered a floral Workshop and showed participants how to create beautiful loose-style floral artwork inspired by different types of flowers in Qatar.

Research Fellow Suzanne Ghadanfar taught participants about the six-fold design and explored together the ‘Rings of Diminishing Squares’ diagram.

Syrian architect and urban sketcher Mr. Ahed Alkhatib introduced members to the skills of architectural drawing on location. Using the fantastical architecture of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani’s historical palace as a source of inspiration.

Syrian architect and urban sketcher Mr. Ahed Alkhatib introduced members to the skills of architectural drawing on location. Using the fantastical architecture of the Desert Rose building as a source of inspiration.

Research Fellow Suzanne Ghadanfar introduced the Islamic patterns of Girih Puzzle

Mexican artist Ms. Ricardo Hinojosa engaged participants in a series of geometric paper-folding exercises meant to develop their creative and technical skills. Over the course of three sessions, participants explored a variety of Islamic patterns brought to life by a series of alternating folds.

British artists Ms. Adam Williamson taught members how to draw the sublime 16-fold rosette carved into the walls of the Court of Lions in Alhambra Palace, Granada Spain, using a compass.