Gain challenging insights into Arab culture through the exquisite collections of the Emirate of Sharjah: hand-coloured maps, Arabic calligraphy and modern visual art by both female and male artists:

Ebtisam Abdulaziz
Khalid Abdulwahid
Tagelsir Hassan
Mohammed Ahmad Ibrahim
Abdallah Al Saadi
Abdulrahim Salem
Karima Al Shoumali

During the first exhibition weekend there will be a number of activities – for example you can see a professional calligrapher demonstrate the wondrous visual world of Arabic scripts and experience a 16-member traditional music ensemble.

NOMAD ACADEMY SEMINAR

The National Museum, Festive Hall
June 19th 10-13

Karima Al Shomely, visual artist, calligrapher Tagelsir Hassan and filmmaker
Khalil Abdulwaheed, Sharjah, will introduce their work.
MOONLIGHT OASIS, a Danish/Arabic site-specific work for Sharjah, will
be presented by the Danish architect Jane Havshoj.
The Danish architects ADEPT/Martin Krogh Hansen and Martin Laursen will
discuss SALAMANDER, their project for an Arab Cultural Institute in
Copenhagen.

SHARJAH - ART FROM THE EMIRATES 

Catalogue. The National Museum, 2010

Per Kristian Madsen: Foreword
Department of Culture and Information, Government of Sharjah: Art from the U.A.E.
Christel Braae: The Journey to Sharjah - and Art from the Emirates 
Ben J. Slot; Mapping the Gulf 
Stig T. Rasmussen: Arabic Calligraphy
Tagelsir Hassan: Calligraphy in Sharjah 
Else Marie Bukdahl: Tradition and Innovation: The Local and the Global 
Anne Haslund Hansen: Images from the Nile

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