Your unique guide to specialists** and institutions** who are connected to Arab Dress, Heritage, and Culture. Be it an Academic Institution, Author/Journalist/Writer, Consultant, Crafter, Curator, Designer, Historian, Museum / Exhibition, Photographer, Product supplier, Publication or Translator
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Paint it, Black
Jolanda Bos
Wearable Heritage
Jolanda Bos
Le Khôl. Le secret d’un regard envoûtant venu d’Orient
The Musée International de la Perfumerie in Grasse, in southern France, hosts an exhibition on kohl containers in the winter of 2021-2022: Le Khôl. Le secret d’un regard envoûtant venu d’Orient. The exhibition is accompanied by a concise publication in magazine format, in which various authors provide background information on this elaborate private collection
Traditional Costumes of Saudi Arabia: The Mansoojat Foundation Collection
Hamida Alireza (Author, Editor), Richard Wilding (Author, Editor)
Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba
Eastern Treasures
Oytun Camcigli
Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria
Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums
Textiles a World Tour: Discovering Traditional Fabrics & Patterns
ANAT and her hero BAAL, The Embroidery Pattern Language of the Levent
Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design
Fit for a Queen: Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s Creations by Balmain
Reveal and Conceal: Dress in Contemporary Egypt
Desert Silver: Nomadic and Traditional Silver Jewellery form the Middle East and North Africa
The Oldest Cuisine in the World – Cooking in Mesopotamia
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of UR
Sultani: Traditions Renewed. Changes in women’s traditional dress In the United Arab Emirates during the reign of the late Shaykh Zâyid Bin Sultan Âl Nahyân, 1966-2004
Sadaqah
Qasr Al Husn: Architectural survey of forts and fortifications in Abu Dhabi
Reemiyat
Bedouin Silver
Sigrid van Roode is a jewellery historian specializing in traditional jewellery from North Africa and Southwest Asia. Her work focuses on the capacities of jewellery as heritage; jewellery is more than just adornment, it is a cultural and historical source in itself. She is the author of several books on jewellery and works with museums, private collections and institutions such as The Zay Initiative.
Her company Bedouin Silver provides services such as jewellery identification and attribution, collection research, exhibition conceptualizing and guest curatorship, as well as outreach through written publications (digital and printed), lectures and teaching.1
Chameleon
Chameleon’s clients include The Zay Initiative, where Emma consults as Strategic Advisor & most recently has been given the title of COO. Over the last 18 months through her passion, Emma has helped the Zay Initiative navigate through the pandemic, launching a very successful Webinar Series.
Textile Tour Operator
A textile writer specialising in writing about cultural textiles and textiles in fine art. I regularly contribute to a range of textile, craft, and cultural publications including my own platform, The Fabric Thread website, and podcast where we share stories about cultural textiles, textiles in fine art, textile travel, and textile books.
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**We at the Zay Initiative, whilst we have worked with many of the companies and organisations, by listing them on our Directory we cannot be held accountable for their products or services.