Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University

"Bridging the understanding between East and West is important for peace and tolerance..."
~ Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal

Fragment of a Velvet Yastik (cushion cover) w/ cintamani motif
Western Turkey, Turkey
2nd quarter of 16th century
Ottoman Empire, 680-1342/1281-1924 AD
Cut, voided silk velvet with brocaded silver thread (cut at both ends)
98 cm. x 78 cm., actual
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.295

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Prof. Ali Asani, Associate Director, quoted in The Harvard Crimson article concerning Peabody Museum Sacred Spaces exhibition.
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Islamic Studies Program co-sponsors film screening of "New Muslim Cool" on Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Film director Hamza Pérez will be on hand to answer questions about the film.
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Islamic Studies Program sponsors public lecture: "Relational Syllogisms and the Question of the Decline of Arabic Logic" by Prof. Khaled El-Rouayheb, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 from 2:00-3:00pm at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 102, Cambridge, MA

Islamic Studies Program co-sponsors Harvard Islamic Society Faculty Iftar on Thursday, September 17 at 6:45pm in the Ticknor Lounge, Boyston Hall.

Harvard Humanities Center presents 2009 Norton Lectures: Orhan Pamuk on "The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist"
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Searching for the right course on Islam, Muslim Societies and Cultures at Harvard? See our compiled list of 2009-2010 course offerings across 21 departments, programs, and schools.
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Islamic Studies Program Lecture: "Felines in Islamic Art and Culture: An Entertainment"
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First Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers Meeting held in London on March 19, 2009
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The Harvard Islamic Society presents the eighteenth annual "Islam Awareness Week" to take place April 6-9, 2009
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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal visits Harvard University
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Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professorship in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life
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