Islamic Art & Architecture Talk

Profile of speaker, Sabiha-al-Khemir

Sabiha al Khemir was born in Tunisia and now lives in London. She is an Islamic art historian, a novelist and a graphic artist. She obtained her M.A. (with distinction) and a PH.D. in the History of Islamic Art and Archaeology from the University of London and was a post-doctoral fellow at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

She teaches Islamic art in the British Museum Diploma in Asian Art. Her work in the field of Islamic Art has also included consultancy for the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as well as writing and presenting documentaries for Channel Four television. She has published several
articles and essays and has completed a forthcoming book 'Figures and Figurines from the 7th to the 19th centuries', the first book on the
subject of sculpture from the Islamic World. She lectures worldwide on Islamic Art and various cultural topics. Her first novel 'Waiting in the Future for the Past to Come' was published by Quartet Books in 1993. Her second novel, The Blue Manuscript is to
be published by Saqi Books, London, 2003.

Her own art work has appeared in several publications; she fully illustrated 'Le Nuage Amoureux' (Paris, Maspero 1979) and 'The Island of Animals (London, Quartet Books, 1994). Her drawings have toured in several exhibitions including, 'Forces of Change' (U.S.A. 1994-95) and 'Dialogue of the Present' (U.K 1999-2000).

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