Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust

About Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust

Bringing you the best of art from all around the Islamic world.

Publisher

The Barakat Trust

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Mar 2020

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

126 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   S6E9: Sicily's Islamic Past between Rural and Urban, with Nicolò Pini

   Earlier in the summer we reported on the completion of Nicolò Pini’s project “Living in Late Antique rural Sicily, between Byzantium and Islam” which was supported by The Barakat Trust in 2024. Now, we are delighted to welcome Nicolò on to the podcast where he discusses in more detail the context of his dig and the importance of tracking developments in rural areas to uncover Sicily’s medieval past. Nicolò’s dig took place at Terravecchia di Caltavuturo on the top of a hill to the east ...

2. 

   23 Aug 2026

   S6E8: The Arts and England's Early Relations with the Islamic World, with Jerry Brotton

   Tune in to Jerry Brotton as he tells the story of some of England’s earliest interactions with the Islamic world, specifically the Saadi Sultanate of Morocco during the Elizabethan period. At this unique time, Queen Elizabeth I sought to forge alliances that could act as a bulwark against the Catholic kingdoms of Spain. The result was the arrival of Abdel Wahid al-Annuri, the Moroccan ambassador, in London. His six month stay was emblematic of a wider interaction that took place in the period...

3. 

   29 Jul 2026

   S6E7: Pointed Tips: Maghribi Script and the Arabic calligraphic tradition, with Umberto Bongianino

   Join Umberto Bongianino as he walks us through one of the western Islamic world’s least appreciated artistic treasures: its calligraphy. For years, Maghribi calligraphy has been treated as amateurish, archaic, and unruly in contrast with the highly theorised conventions of Mashriqi calligraphy in the so-called centre of the Islamic world of Egypt, the Levant, and Anatolia. In this episode, Umberto challenges this view, emphasising the interaction of Maghribi calligraphy with multiple tr...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

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Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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