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Zillij: The Art of Moroccan Ceramics represents an outstanding photographic record of Moroccan ceramics and cut tiles, with written contributions from leading art historians and architects specialising in these fields. Photographer John Hedgecoe and…

"This book examines the subject of woman in Islam from a largely historical standpoint. Attention is focused on the main Islamic countries; that is, the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and Mogul India. Islamism in Black Africa and east and Southeast Asia…

"In the first study ever undertaken of the writings of Wahhabism's founder, Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1702-1791), Natana DeLong-Bas shatters stereotypes and misconceptions. Her reading of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's works produces a revisionist thesis: Ibn…

Early phases of the pictorial arts. The flowering of the art of the book. The beginning of the end. Beyond the material world. The final phase.