Sharjah 24: Sharjah Islamic Festival, under the slogan “Tadaroj” (“Gradation”), under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, organised by the Department of Culture concluded the 24th edition, and convened over a period of 40 days in different regions of Sharjah, with the participation of Emirati, Arab and international artists.
Muhammad Al Qasir, Director of Cultural Affairs, Director of the Islamic Arts Festival, said that the twenty-fourth edition was exceptional emphasising Sharjah's cultural and artistic role in communicating with the global Other, inspired by the vision of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah considering that culture and arts are the face of the civilisation of nations.
Muhammad Al Qasir added that the Emirati, Arab and international participation in the twenty-fourth edition has been able to translate the festival's slogan "gradations" with an exceptional artistic vision, which gave the viewer a large space to view artworks that varied between traditional and modern art, and sometimes, in merging both to present a modern vision in Islamic arts.
Muhammad Al Qasir continued by saying that Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival hosted more than 50 countries from around the world, over the past 24 years, with a lot of diversity, which enabled the Festival to recover forgotten aspects of this authentic art that dates back hundreds of years, such as architecture, decoration, jewelery, and handicrafts represented in ceramics, textiles etc..
Director of the Islamic Arts Festival added that talking about the twenty-fourth edition means talking about the beauty hidden in the details.
The twenty-fourth edition included 151 events and 284 artworks by 63 artists from 27 countries from around the world over a period of 40 days. Artists participations included Arab countries such as Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, Kuwait, and Syria… and from the West, including Spain, France, India, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Turkey, Denmark, Canada, Hong Kong and Germany.
The events included 49 exhibitions hosted by the Sharjah Art Museum, the House of Wisdom in Sharjah, Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, the Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park, Al Majaz Waterfront, the Emirates Society for the Art of Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Decoration, Khorfakkan Amphitheater in the Eastern Region, and other destinations in Sharjah.
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