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The exhibition “From Qurtuba to Córdoba” travels to Kuwait
From November 29, 2015 until December 29, 2015
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
Dar el Athar al Islamiyyah (DAI) museum
The Dar el Athar al Islamiyyah (DAI) museum, one of the most prestigious
institutions in the Gulf region in the field of Islamic art, is hosting
this display by Casa Árabe, which highlights the heritage sites in
Cordoba related with the period of Al-Andalus.
Casa Árabe, with the cooperation of the Embassy of Spain in Kuwait, is organizing the exhibit “From Qurtuba to Córdoba,” which will be on display from November 29 through December 29 in the halls of the Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah museum, created in 1983 with one of the most important Islamic art collections in the region, under the direction of Princess Hussah Sabah al Salem al Sabah.
The exhibition is made up of a selection of fifty works chosen for the first “From Qurtuba to Córdoba” photography competition, held with the goal of using images to rediscover and once again highlight the local heritage sites related with the period of Al-Andalus, in seven different themed categories: The Aljama Mosque and environs; Madinat al-Zahra; City Walls, City Gates, Fortified Towers and Urban Fabric; Minarets; Arab Baths; the Mudejar style; and freely chosen topics. It is a unique opportunity for the public to be able to observe the mark left behind by the Arab and Islamic legacy in the city of Cordoba.
Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba was the first space to host the exhibition in 2012. Later, thanks to the wonderful collaborative work which has taken place in recent years along with the Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency (AECID), Spain’s network of embassies and the Cervantes Institute, the viewpoint of the Spanish authors shown in these photographs has been shared with the public in Riyadh and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia); Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangier and Tetouan (Morocco); Doha (Qatar); Jerusalem, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus (Palestine); Amman (Jordan); Nouakchott, Nouadhibou and Chinguetti (Mauritania); Algiers (Algeria); Cairo (Egypt); Tunis (Tunisia); etc.
For Casa Árabe, it has been of enormous satisfaction to convey to the Arab world the feeling of pride with which our fellow citizens value our heritage from Al-Andalus and are keeping it alive in twenty-first century Cordoba.
The exhibition is made up of a selection of fifty works chosen for the first “From Qurtuba to Córdoba” photography competition, held with the goal of using images to rediscover and once again highlight the local heritage sites related with the period of Al-Andalus, in seven different themed categories: The Aljama Mosque and environs; Madinat al-Zahra; City Walls, City Gates, Fortified Towers and Urban Fabric; Minarets; Arab Baths; the Mudejar style; and freely chosen topics. It is a unique opportunity for the public to be able to observe the mark left behind by the Arab and Islamic legacy in the city of Cordoba.
Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba was the first space to host the exhibition in 2012. Later, thanks to the wonderful collaborative work which has taken place in recent years along with the Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency (AECID), Spain’s network of embassies and the Cervantes Institute, the viewpoint of the Spanish authors shown in these photographs has been shared with the public in Riyadh and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia); Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangier and Tetouan (Morocco); Doha (Qatar); Jerusalem, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus (Palestine); Amman (Jordan); Nouakchott, Nouadhibou and Chinguetti (Mauritania); Algiers (Algeria); Cairo (Egypt); Tunis (Tunisia); etc.
For Casa Árabe, it has been of enormous satisfaction to convey to the Arab world the feeling of pride with which our fellow citizens value our heritage from Al-Andalus and are keeping it alive in twenty-first century Cordoba.
