Festival Program
- BAYT AL FANN
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 9, 2022
Checkout the panels, talks, performances & speakers at The Islamic Art & Culture Festival on the 28 & 29 November.
The program will be held alongside a specially curated exhibition of works by contemporary artists creating works inspired by Islamic tradition.
DAY 1: 28 NOVEMBER 2022
Open & Welcome from Bayt Al Fann Collective
& Alistair Hudson, Director of the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery
The Future of Poetry – A Celebration (Live Performances from Poets)
Islamic Pattern & Sacred Geometry
Dr Esra Alhamal, Multi-hyphenate Creative, Educator, Podcaster on Art Illuminated and the co-founder of Bristle and Brush
Eric Broug, Author/Educator/ Artist, specialising in Islamic geometric design
Samira Mian, Educator & Artist
Rajen Astho, Artist & Geometer
The Art of the Written Word - Arabic Calligraphy
Majid Alyousef, Master Calligraphy Artist and Creative Designer
Hatem Arafa, Calligraphy Artist and Graphic Designer
Joumana Medlej, Calligrapher & Specialist in Kufi scripts
Sasan Nasernia, Calligrapher and Typography Artist
Soraya Syed, Classically Trained Calligrapher, Artist & Emerging Filmmaker
Digital Art & Design
Peter Gould, Founder of Gould Studio
Saks Afridi, Multi-disciplinary Artist
Ahmed Alrefaie (OwaikeO) Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Christina Rountree, Designer, Digital Illustrator, and Multidisciplinary Artist
Muslim Culture & Multiculturalism
Dr. Qayyim Naoki Yamamoto, Assistant Professor at the Graduate school of Turkic Studies, Marmara University.
Aliyah R. Khan, Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC), and Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Yahya Birt, British Community Historian
Storytelling – Reclaiming Narratives
Sara M Saleh, Human Rights Lawyer, Community Organiser & Writer
Ramey Dawoud, Nubian Language Activist, Actor, and Author
Ausma Zehanat Khan, Award-winning Author
Comedy & Muslim Culture: In the Spotlight
Tez Ilyas, Writer & Comedian
DAY 2: 29 NOVEMBER 2022
Open & Welcome From Bayt Al Fann Collective
Talking About a Revolution & More
Yassmin Abdel-Magied, writer and broadcaster
The Art of the Book: Islamic Manuscripts
Dr. Eléonore Cellard, Specialist in Early Qurʾānic Manuscripts
Kristine Rose-Beers, Head of Conservation at the Chester Beatty in Dublin
Mohamad Ali, Director and Curator of the Al-Khatt Al-Jameel Private Collection of Qur’an Manuscripts
Museums & Archives: Preserving the Past for the future - Who decides?
Nur Sobers-Khan, Museum & Archive Professional
Sadiya Ahmed, Freelance Heritage Consultant and Founder of Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative
Moustafa Fahour OAM, Founder of the Islamic Museum of Australia
Poetry & The Art of Language
Taher Adel, Poet & Spoken Word Artist
Nasima Begum, Performance Poet, Producer and Creative Practitioner
Sharghzadeh, Translator of Persian Poetry
Artists Talks:
From the Studio
Ahmet Faruk Yilmaz, Artist & Illustrator
Shaimaa Osman, Artist & Founder of Salamsanctuary
Ali Yaycıoğlu, Historian & Artist
The Future of Traditional Arts
Nagihan Seymour, Artist specializing in Tezhip & Sacred Geometry
Tehreem Pasha, Artist specializing in Tezhip
Mobeen Akhtar, Artist
Fadhila Al Dhahouri, Artist & Co-Founder Global Centre of Islamic Art
Sandy Kurt, Artist & Co-Founder Global Centre of Islamic Art
The City as Art
Alex Shams, Writer and PhD student of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, Editor of Ajam Collective
Rana Safvi, Historian & Writer
Sara-Ann Knutson, Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of History, The University of British Columbia
Islamic Art, Tourism & Sacred Spaces
Zirrar, Writer & Part of Editorial Team at Sacred Footsteps
Sophie Ibbotson, Chairman of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, Director of the Silk Road Literary Festival, and Uzbekistan’s Ambassador for Tourism
Omid Safi, Professor of Islamic Spirituality and Contemporary Islamic thought at Duke University
Muslim History Tours
Thank you to our speakers, panelists & performers
Thank you to our Partners & Sponsors
Bayt Al Fann Digital Festival is being held in partnership with The Arts Marketing Association (AMA), part of their Digital Stage Management service.
Gould Studio is a heart-centered design consulting firm. Over the past 20 years its engagements have included Google, Apple, Greenpeace, United Nations, and a diverse portfolio of projects from senior government projects to Web3 startups serviced from its creative teams based in Dubai, Sydney, Jakarta and Beirut.
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The lineup for the Digital Art & Design panel is absolutely insane! I actually just started using small business ai tools to manage my own creative projects, so it's cool to see artists like Peter Gould sharing their insights. I'm really excited to see the mix of traditional geometry with modern tech at the festival.
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