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Oriental Institute looks at destruction of artifacts in Iraq by WBEZ's Morning Shift
According to the Iraqi government, so-called Islamic State fighters have looted, bulldozed, and otherwise destroyed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, a place filled with archaeological and cultural treasures. The…
Learn MoreOpening Folio of the 26th Volume of the 'Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an'
This is the right half of a double‑page opening to a volume of the Qur’an. Its patron is unknown, but we know that the calligrapher was Ahmad ibn al‑Suhrawardi, a…
Learn MoreThe Modern Art Notes Podcast: Caravaggio; Alsoudani by WadsworthAtheneum
…A Life” is considered one of the best and most important of the many Caravaggio biographies. The second segment features Ahmed Alsoudani, an Iraqi-American painter whose work is on view…
Learn MoreAncient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran, northeastern Syria and…
Learn MorePREVIEW |Immagini dalla Terra Inquieta. Incontro con Massimiliano Gioni
…cui Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egitto, Ghana, Iraq, Libano, Marocco, Siria e Turchia – e con un allestimento che si estende all’interno della galleria al piano terra della Triennale per proseguire…
Learn MoreDec. 17: Mark Rothko at PDX Art Museum, Nu Shooz, A Stripper's Opera, Imago's 'La Belle' by OPB's State of Wonder
…Music in a Time of War – 26:21 In the new book, “My Music, My War: The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan,” UO English professor Lisa…
Learn MoreDissent Is Patriotic, 2004
Sign from the 2004 NYC RNC convention protest. “Dissent is Patriotic” protest signs in a protest of the United States Iraq War….
Learn MorePolitics in Modern Arab Art by LSE Middle East Centre
…iconic artworks of the 20th century in the Arab world. From the Baathist regimes of Syria and Iraq to Egypt’s pan-Arabism under Gamal Abdel Nasser, paintings and sculptures in addition…
Learn MoreAssyrian sculpture
Assyrian sculpture is the sculpture of the ancient Assyrian states, especially the Neo-Assyrian Empire of 911 to 612 BC, which ruled modern Iraq, Syria, and much of Iran. It forms…
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