Islam, the Humanities and the Human

In the immediate aftermath of the 1963 Iraqi Ba'ath Party-led coup d’état of the Republic of Iraq and assassination of its democratically elected Prime Minister, Abd al-Karim Qasim, several prominent artists … Read More

In the late 1950s, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian returned to Iran after more than a decade in the United States, where she studied at Parsons School of Design and worked as an artist and layout designer at a now-defunct luxury department store, Bonwit Teller. Soon after her return, she joined the Point Four Program, launched by … Read More