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By end 18th c.: Decline in traditional arts of painting and calligraphy Rise of western-style painting, architecture, (eventually) sculpture But some preservation of Islamic styles

Object List Al-Mgeedia Mosque, Tripoli, Lebanon. Interior view showing wooden banister and column supports. (A) Al-Mgeedia Mosque, Tripoli, Lebanon. Interior view showing plaster muqarnas moldings and decorative columns. (A) Al-Zahra’ Mosque, Cairo, Egypt. General view. (A) Al-Zahra’ Mosque, Cairo, Egypt. Main entrance. (A) Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi. (Wikimedia Commons: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/>.) Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi. (Video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WToTxs9zU8A>.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List National Security Headquarters, Cairo, Egypt. Elevated view looking down into garden courtyard. (A) University of Art, Tabriz, Iran. Benham House. (A) University of Art, Tabriz, Iran. Bironi courtyard, Ghadaki House north elevation. (A) University of Art, Tabriz, Iran. Ghadaki House. (A) House of Elias Hraoui, Babda, Lebanon. North façade. (A) House of Elias Hraoui, Babda, Lebanon. Interior, detail of the supporting pillars. (A) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Amenjana Hotel, Marrakush, Morocco. Lobby lounge area, illuminated by traditional Moroccan lanterns. (A) Amenjana Hotel, Marrakush, Morocco. Fountain court, reception area. (A) Amenjana Hotel, Marrakush, Morocco. View of arcade leading from library towards the reception hall. (A) Apartment blocks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Christopher Stanbury, Private Collection) Balconies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Christopher Stanbury, Private Collection) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Carved doors in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Christopher Stanbury, Private Collection) Moroccan zilij (glazed tile) artists. (F) Moroccan metalwork apprentices. 12-14 years old. (F) Example of apprentices’ work. (F) Calligraphy by Pakistani artist Shakil Ismail. (F) Modern calligraphy. (2 slides - F) Calligraphy by Chinese Muslim artist. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Coke bottle with bilingual label. (Christopher Stanbury, Private Collection) Neon sign advertising Coca-Cola. (Keith Hekman’s Travel Page: <http://acs2.aucegypt.edu/hekman/>.) Pizza Hut and KFC, Cairo. (Kevin McCracken, Cairo homepage and References: <http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/Cairo/ index.htm>.) Aircraft with calligraphy, Gulf Air. Full side view. (F) Aircraft with calligraphy, Gulf Air. Closer side view. (F) Aircraft with calligraphy, Gulf Air. Angled view. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Portrait of Süleyman the Magnificent, painting c. 1580. (F) Portrait of Mehmed II the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini. Later 15th c. (F) Painting of girl by Habib Srour. (One Fine Art: <http://onefineart.com/>.) Bedouin Girl, by Habib Srour. (One Fine Art: <http://onefineart.com/>.) Ain Al Mraiseh (Beirut), by Moustapha Farroukh. (Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World: <http://www.middleeastuk.com/culture/art/ sothebys/gallery.htm>.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Walls of Gaza, by Leila Shawa. (Jordan National Gallery: <http://www.nationalgallery.org/Intro.html>.) Blue Dreams, by Thuraya al-Baqsami. Source: Dialogues of the Present, Contemporary Arab Women’s Art: <http://www.middleeastuk. com/culture/art/dialogues/>. 50, and old and new 10 riyal notes (dated 1/7/1379 [31/12/1959]). (2 slides - Christopher Stanbury, Private Collection.) 5, and old and new 1 riyal notes (dated 1/7/1379 [31/12/1959]). (Christopher Stanbury, Private Collection.) Conservative politico-religious billboard in Iran. (SASite.net: <http://sasite.net/billboard/>.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Singer Nancy Agram advertising Coca-Cola (Egyptian billboard). (Al-Ahram Weekly: <http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/>.) Star Wars Special Edition Movie Billboards in Cairo, Spring 1999. (Collecting Egyptian Film Posters: <http://www.musicman.com/00pic/egyptcollecting.html>.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet