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Translating Culture Through the Faces of Qatar

By David Belcher — 2021

“In my artwork, I try to show my culture, and if someone asks about something they don’t understand, I will explain.”

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Regeneration Through Culture: Building Spaces for Communities | Hannah Taylor | TEDxWolverhampton

In her insightful talk Hannah explores the lack of public space and its effects on community and how providing supportive spaces for the coming together of communities to realise ideas is the most important way to regenerate a city.

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2019
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The Indigenous Artist Using Performance to Preserve Tradition

Raul Baltazar uses sculpture, video, and performance art to bridge indigenous and Western cultures. As a fine artist and a mentor to incarcerated youth, Baltazar brings his art into public spaces to open up new perspectives.

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2020
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‘On Creativity’ Interview with Painter, Sculptor José Parlá

SCAD President Paula Wallace sits down with painter, sculptor and SCAD alumnus José Parlá to discuss his inimitable artistic methodology.

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2017
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African American Artist Illustrates the Power of Black Women | NowThis

Artist Jamilla Okubo is using her craft to illustrate the power of Black women. Raised in Washington DC, Jamilla Okubo uses her art to give a positive visual representation of Black women. Okubo is vocal about empowering women because of her upbringing.

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2020
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Can Art Amend History? | Titus Kaphar

Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present.

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2017
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Happiness and the Pursuit of Happiness - The Islamic Perspective

Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr offers an academic address on the meaning and measure of happiness in the Islamic tradition followed by a panel discussion with Vincent Cornell and Scott Kugle.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2010
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The Wisdom of Islam: A Practical Guide to the Wisdom of Islamic Belief

An introductory guide by Robert Frager, PhD, a Western convert to the Sufi order of Islam, The Wisdom of Islam includes an overview of Islam’s foundations, illuminates personal experiences of faith of Muslim men and women in Islamic society, addresses Muslim psychology, and looks at the...

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Robert Frager
2002
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Islam: A Short History

Renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong presents a concise and articulate history of Islam, the world's fastest growing faith.

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Karen Armstrong
2002
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