Sumayyah Al Suwaidi is an Emirati curator who was born in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in 1980. She holds a master’s degree in...

Safoura is a Toronto-based, award-winning architect, artist, and design educator with diverse experience on projects in Canada and...

Qadeem Antiques is a London-based business that specialises in unique antique and vintage décor and collectibles from across the Islamic...

A scholar focusing on politics, international relations, and faith, in the West and the Arab world, Dr H.A. Hellyer FRSA is a scholar at...

One of the beauties of traditional sacred cultures is that the body, far from being seen as an obstacle to spiritual growth, can be a...

Professor Leif Stenberg is the Dean of the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). His latest...

Ovais Sultan Khan is a thinker, independent human rights activist, and policy-and-research consultant. He was born in Amroha, Uttar...

Alex Shams is a writer and PhD student of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Ajam Media Collective...

Nadi Abusaada is an architect, urbanist and a historian. He is currently an Aga Khan Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Architecture. at the...

Dr. Sara Ann Knutson is Assistant Professor of Teaching and a historian and archaeologist of premodern Afro-Eurasia, including the...

Dr. Jyoti Gulati Balachandran is a historian of medieval and early modern South Asia with a focus on the history of Muslim communities in...

Muhammad Huzaifa Nizam belongs to the rugged mountains of the Hindukush - although he grew up a bit south in the historical city of...

Omar Sheira and Bíborka Anna Kis, are the founders and masterminds behind Blue Cairo, a digital platform that tells the stories of the...

Louis Dumas, is the Ambassador of Canada to Egypt. With a great appreciation of art, heritage and culture, Louis is a great supporter and...

Suzanne Karr Schmidt is the George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Newberry, Chicago’s Independent Research...

Yahya Birt is a community historian who has taught at the University of Leeds. He has an M.Phil. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from...

Dr. Qayyim Naoki Yamamoto is currently an assistant professor at Graduate school of Turkic Studies, Marmara University. He completed his...

Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi is an Islamic Art Historian specializing in the art and architecture of Mughal South Asia. She is the Deputy...

Fig 1 Bifolium from the Andalusian Pink Qur’an, Spain or North Africa, ca. 7th/13th century. Metropolitan Museum, 2017.232. Dalia...

Al-Khatt Al-Jameel is a Sydney based private collection of Qur'an manuscripts that span more than 1200 years. Mohamad Ali is its Founder,...