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In the north of the country, Wayang kulit Kelantan is being revitalized through contemporary storytelling and the long-overdue inclusion of women.
Dr. Patricia Ormsby Stoddard discovered a ralli quilt in Pakistan. Almost three decades later, she has made it her mission to preserve the craft of ralli.
Across New York’s sidewalks and tucked-away alleys, young Muslim women glide on skateboards, chat in leafy parks, and pose ...
An exhibition at NMWA in Washington, DC, explores modern and contemporary women artists’ use of the uncanny as a feminist ...
Wisconsin’s first and only Muslim owned art gallery hosted its first ever Eid Bazaar June 3. Nadiana Art Gallery, 4818 S.
Sara Rehman, the first-ever executive director of Houston's Islamic Arts Society, and calligraphy artist Sana Mirza discuss ...
An Afghan refugee says she hopes to give a voice to women in her home country still living under the Taliban regime.Masuma Anwari's work once lined the walls of Afghanistan's national gallery in Kabul ...
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Moroccan women embroider 'art with purpose'
In a small village on the coast of southern Morocco, women gather in a house to create collaborative works of textile art, and also earn a living. - Creative process - The project is more than just ...
The Punjab Arts Council (PAC) organised a remarkable exhibition showcasing the artwork of renowned painter and calligrapher Azeem Iqbal especially in consideration of the blessed month of Ramazan.
New fitness clubs accommodate the needs of Muslim women who want spaces where they ... Later on, her uncle introduced her to the art of boxing. Working out as a young adult gave her “consistency ...
Maqsoodi says that while making art, she "always tries to stimulate ideas ... nor an artwork by a woman. So this is a milestone in both respects. Mahbuba Maqsoodi, now 67, was born in the western ...