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Islamic Architecture

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Link Art of the Islamic World

an introduction to the Islamic artistic traditions, organised by the major dynasties under which they flourished covering a huge geographical...

Islamic Art, Islamic Architecture, Islamic civilisation, Mediterranean, Umayyad, Fatimid, Seljuk, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Safavid, Ottoman, Mughal view
Document Gazing through the Mashrabeya: Contrasting the representation of Egyptian women in Islamic architecture, British nineteenth-century orientalist art and the writings of Aisha Taymur by Ahmed Shokri

This essay analyses the contrasting artistic representations of Egyptian women in nineteenth-century Cairo, by examining certain examples of...

Cairo, 19th century, Aisha Taymur, Islamic Architecture, British Orientalist, harem, mashrabeya view
Link Islam and Islamic Studies resources

This website is a truly welcome presence on the Internet for its commitment to collecting and evaluating useful Internet resources on the Islamic...

Islam, Islamic history, Islamic Art, Islamic civilisation, Islamic Architecture, Sufism, Sufi poetry, Qur'an, Shi'ism, Islamic Philosophy, Islamic theology, Islamic mysticism view
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