QATAR: ISLAND OF ISLAMIC ART
2009-01-12Rising like a giant Cubist sculpture from Qatar’s capital, Doha, the brand-new Museum of Islamic Art has got us pretty excited. I.M. Pei designed it and it takes shape of a 5-story domed atrium containing a rare-books library, a separate prayer halls for men and women, and over 700 works of Islamic art, spanning 3 continents and 13 centuries. Not only does it set our pulses racing with its daring design, it’s also a welcome cultural sanctuary in amongst the swathe of casinos and ostentatious hotels currently used to peddled tourism to the Persian Gulf.
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