Reflections on Islamic Art - Hardcover

Soueif, Ahdaf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 999214260X ISBN 13: 9789992142608

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2011

Synopsis

The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, houses manuscripts, textiles, ceramics and other works from the seventh century to the present day, and is one of the world's most encyclopedic collections of Islamic art. The origin of its artifacts ranges from Spain to Egypt to Iran, Iraq, Turkey, India and Central Asia. Reflections, edited by British-Egyptian novelist and critic Ahdaf Soueif, showcases these works, and creates a work of art in itself. More than twenty writers and thinkers from around the world, including Adam Foulds, Kamila Shamsie, Suad Amiry, and Pankaj Mishra, have taken works in the museumų¢‚¬„¢s collection and used them to launch essays, poems, and other pieces which allow the reader to explore 14 centuries of Islamic art and culture. Luxuriously designed to reference traditions of Islamic art and book design, as well as the landmark MIA building designed by I.M. Pei, Reflections is illustrated with photographs of the pieces the

About this title

About the Author:

Ahdaf Soueif (editor) is the author of the bestselling The Map of Love which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1999. Ms Soueif is also a political and cultural commentator. A collection of her essays, Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground, was published in 2004, as was her English translation of poet Mourid Barghouti's memoir I Saw Ramallah. She lives with her children in London and Cairo.

Review:

Soueif has accomplished the task of shepherding these gifted contributors with great skill; the result is a luscious volume. Independent, UK (A) sumptuously illustrated volume New Statesman, US An elegant new book The National, UAE

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 999214260X
• ISBN 13: 9789992142608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256