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Re: France : New Art Wing - ketchim - 09-21-2012
"It is the exact opposite of the obscurantism that annihilates the principles
and destroys the values of Islam by spreading violence and hatred."
Re: France : New Art Wing - Captain - 09-21-2012
who spreading violence and hatred
Re: France : New Art Wing - ketchim - 09-21-2012
Sophie Makariou is the director of the gallery and the head of its new
Islamic Art Department:
"This huge world was built by a lot of different people and they used various
languages.
Arabic, of course, was the first language of the Islamic world : :wink:
and later we can say it was really an imperial language in the Islamic world,
and then later Turkish languages."
Re: France : New Art Wing - Meseret - 09-21-2012
who funded it?
Re: France : New Art Wing - Captain - 09-21-2012
is [size=14px]Sophie Makariou a fullah[/size]
Re: France : New Art Wing - ketchim - 09-21-2012
This gallery was really former President Jacques Chirac's idea.
He wanted to highlight the contributions of Muslim civilizations to Western culture.
Re: France : New Art Wing - Captain - 09-21-2012
no oil $$$
Re: France : New Art Wing - ketchim - 09-21-2012
Among the 2,500 objects in the gallery, there are mosaics from;
the Damascus mosque
a delicately carved ivory box from 928,
a 15th Century Mamluk porch...
Re: France : New Art Wing - Captain - 09-21-2012
[size=14px]Muslim civilizations [/size]
this is new where
Re: France : New Art Wing - ketchim - 09-21-2012
The biggest single donor, is Prince Waleed Bin Talal,of Saudi Arabia.
His 17m euro out of the 100 m euro.......
for mes and cappo ...