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Archives: art and photography
Picture of the Day: Iranian Woman Tambourine Player, 1848
British Museum | Persian Costumes | - - "Portrait of a young woman; single-page painting mounted on album folio. A young woman kneels on a yellow and white carpet while holding a…
Image of the Day: European Buddhists (?) & Zoroastrians, c. 1650
British Museum | (Safavid Era Painting) | - - School/style: Persian School/Style term details Culture/period: Safavid dynasty term details Date: 1650-1700 (circa) Production place: Made in: Iran "Four men worshipping at a…
Photo of the Day: Gaza (the Old Town), 1862
The New York Public Library | Francis Frith | - - The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gaza (the…
Garden Party, 1640: Iranian Lady entertains European Gentleman
Metropolitian Museum of Art | Isfahan Tile | - - "At the center of this scene, a lady leans on a bolster pillow and languidly holds out a filled cup. Making somewhat…
Image of the Day: Gemini Constellation, As Seen in the Heavens, Iran,1630
New York Public Library | Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gemini, as seen in the heavens. Mirror image of f. 91?" Tarjumah-i suwar al-kawâkib (Translation of "Images of the Planets").…
Iranian Drummer Woman, 1842
British Museum | - - "Portrait of a young woman; single-page painting mounted on album folio. A woman beats a drum slung over her shoulder. She wears an orange blouse, a green…
Photo of the Day: Sad Girl, Happy Girl, Iran 1900 (Sykes)
British Museum | Sir Percy Sykes | - - Two rural Iranian girls of the Qajar era, 1900, one sad, one mischievous. Via British Museum Museum number: Sykes.453 Description: Lantern slide, showing…
Image of the Day: Persian Lady in Green, 1600
British Museum | Safavid Painting | - - Painting: Portrait of a Lady in Green, Iran, 1600 British Museum Description: Recto Painting. Portrait of a lady in green. Ascribed to Riza-yi Abbasi.…
Image of the Day: “Jonah and the Whale” (Persian Miniature)
Metropolitan Museum of Art | (Persian Miniature Painting) | - - "Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles [A medieval World History]) Inscription: In Persian, on the…
Understanding Islam means understanding its and our Multiculturalism
Kishwar Rizvi | (The Conversation) | - - There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women…
Saadi on Impatient Love (Poem of the Day)
By Muslih al-Din "Saadi" Mushrif ibn Abdullah Shirazi | Trans. Reynold A. Nicholson | - - The heart that loves with patience — a stone 'tis, not a heart; Nay, love and…
Kahlil Gibran: “Lazarus & His Beloved”
Kahlil Gibran | (New York Public Library) \ - - New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theater Production Photograph File Genre: Photograph [of Tableau Vivant] --- Related Book: Kahlil Gibran, The Vision,…
War is Beautiful: How Newspapers’ War Photography Conceals the Hideous Reality
By David Shields | (Informed Comment) | - - The following is an excerpt from War Is Beautiful by David Shields: For decades, upon opening the New York Times every morning and…
5,000 Hanging Skirts: How Women Remember War Rape in Kosova
By Frances Trix | (Informed Comment) | - - On 12 June, 5,000 skirts and dresses were hung on 45 clotheslines in the football stadium in Prishtina, capital of Kosova. “The laundry…
Beaten over call for co-existence: French artist’s religious graffiti
RT | - "French grafitti artist 'Combo' got beaten for a graffiti of himself in Arabic clothes with the world ‘coexist’, with symbols of three different religions instead of some of the…
Over 80 Cartoonists And Comics Workers Boycott Israeli Occupation Firms
By IMEMC News & Agencies Report post More than 80 cartoonists and other workers in the comics industry, including colorists, writers, critics, and editors, from over 20 countries, signed an open letter…
‘Cartoonists for Peace’ respond defiantly to Paris Terrorists
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 8 2015 (IPS) - “They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs.” That was how renowned French cartoonist Plantu described the killers…
NASA Photo of Sahara: Richat Structure, Mauritania
NASA Richat Structure, Mauritania, Western Sahara Desert "Richat Structure, Mauritania This prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of Mauritania has attracted attention since the earliest space missions because it forms a…