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.
Qatari Artist Ms. Maryam AlSada encouraged participants to express their emotions and thoughts through art. Inspired by the astonishing natural elements in Qatar.
Iraqi artists Mr. Ahmad Awad introducing club members to the magnificent architecture and interior design of Souq Waqif Art Centre and teach them the basic techniques of oil painting.
In cooperation with HBKU's College of Islamic Studies, we are showcasing a new book by Dr Akel Ismail Kahera, Professor of Islamic Architecture and Urbanism. At this event Dr Akel will speak briefly about his book and will discuss the main concept of it with the audience, followed by Q&A session.
The Great Mosque of Damascus is an iconic monument of world architecture, and the old mosque still stands in a state closer to its original state. It was built at the end of the first Islamic century on a site previously occupied by a Roman temple of Jupiter and a church of John the Baptist. This lecture explores this pre-Islamic past, the political crisis that erupted with Damascene Christians upon the foundation of the mosque, and the aesthetic values that underpinned the Umayyad monument.
Following on the previous research, Dr. Tarek Swelim will deliver a lecture to revisit the discoveries in the Lost City of al-Qata'i'. The city of al-Qata’i’ was founded by Ahmad Ibn Tulun in 870 A.D., being the third capital of Islamic Egypt, after those of al-Fustat and al-Askar. Historical sources tell us that it had splendid buildings never seen before in Egypt, since the time of the Ptolemies. The flourishing city of al-Qata’i’ was seized and destroyed by the Abbasids in 905 A.D. The city is well described by its contemporary historians.
The primary objective of this cluster grant proposal is to explore participatory research methods that can be applied to distinctively regional environments that have suffered from the lack of sustainable development, and to address the problem of post-disaster and post- war conflict. International human rights law provides for a generic right to adequate housing that would also cover armed conflicts and occupation.