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Srouji, Dima, 2023, Show, Exhibition or Event, Maintaining the sacred

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Maintaining the Sacred: on April 15, 2022, in the course of an incursion into the Haram al Sharif in Jerusalem, Israeli forces destroyed 30 colored glass windows (qamariyyas) in the Dome of the Rock and Aqsa Mosque. Each window, of hand-carved plaster with individually inset pieces of glass, takes six months to remake. The technique is a dying craft with a few practitioners in Yemen, one in Cairo, and another in Jerusalem. The reconstruction of the windows is currently blocked by the Israeli authorities, but it would take 15 years to repair all of them. This installation is in honor of the history of craft, the worshippers seeking a connection with the spiritual world despite the fragility of the space, and to the bodies protecting our public space.

Contributors:
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Vally, Sumayya
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Islamic Art Biennial
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01-31 Jan 2023
Museum/exhibition
Subjects: Architecture > K100 Architecture
Creative Arts and Design > W100 Fine Art
School or Centre: School of Architecture
Funders: Diriyah Biennale Foundation, Saudi Ministry of Culture
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2025 11:22
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2025 11:22
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6325
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