Culture & Arts

The United Nations on Wednesday (Jan 24) inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list. The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in…

Karbala Scholars’ Heritage Revival Conference was held on December 10 and 11, 2022, under the auspices of the Karbala Center for Studies and Research, one of the centers under the supervision of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be…

The Collector, a global research site specialized in antiquities and heritage affairs around the world, lauded the aesthetic architecture and designs of the historic Al-Ukhaidir Palace in the holy city of Karbala. In a detailed article, the site said, “The…

Zaid the Martyr Holy Shrine witnessed the establishment of the Tenth Annual ‘Haleef Al-Quran’ Festival, in the presence of a number of official and popular personalities and followers of AhlulBayet, peace be upon them. The festival, which was held under…

Bein al-Haramein in Karbala witnessed the inauguration of the International Exhibition of the Holy Qur’an, with the participation of a selection of Quranic institutions and specialized centers from inside and outside the country, in addition to more than 30 Quran…

An exhibition of rare Quran copies and other manuscripts has been launched by Imam Ali Holy Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.Old handwritten copies of the Quran, some…

The Houston Museum of Fine Arts in the United States is doubling the area of its Islamic art gallery by opening new galleries in early 2023.The new galleries will display hundreds of other works of art including paintings, manuscripts, ceramics,…

The Australian Ambassador to Iraq, Paula Elizabeth, toured the corridors of the exhibition hall of the al-Kafeel Museum at al-Abbas Holy Shrine.The Assistant Head of the Museum Department, Shawqi al-Mousawi, gave an overview of the museum, its goals, vision, mission…

The Arts Council of the state of Punjab, Pakistan, organized an exhibition of Islamic calligraphy in Rawalpindi, where more than 100 works of art related to Islamic calligraphy were displayed.The Chairman of the Climate Change Committee of the Pakistani Senate,…

The French daily Le Républicain Lorrain published a photo of one of the most famous exhibits at the Musée de l’Historie de Fer, or “The History of Iron”, in the northern city of Jarville-la-Malgrange.The newspaper said in a report, that…