Shakir Noori, Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

Discovering the art of mosque architecture

Al-Azami spent ten years writing and photographing art in mosques for this book

Shakir Noori (right) with Hussein Mahmoud Al-Azami (left).

Meet Libyan winner of Int’l Prize for Arabic Fiction

My novel is inspired by oral tradition and popular proverbs, says 31-year-old novelist

Muhammad Alnaas is the youngest winner of the prize, whose latest edition was announced in Abu Dhabi in May

Meet Sheikh Zayed Book Award winner Dr Al-Musawi

American-Iraqi author talks about ‘The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures’

American-Iraqi author Dr Muhsin J. Al-Musawi whose book ‘The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures: Global Commodification, Translation, and the Culture Industry’ won this year’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award in The Arab Culture in Other Languages category.

Sharjah Heritage Institute, a bridge for cultures

Institute head and prominent Emirati writer talks of the invaluable currency of heritage

Children learn about heritage at an interactive session organised by the Sharjah Heritage Institute.

Meet the engineer restoring UAE’s historic buildings

Rashad Muhammad Bukhash has supervised the conservation of more than 215 buildings

Rashad Muhammad Bukhash

New UAE book a sheen on pearl heritage

Emirati writer uses wealth of personal and documented knowledge

Pearl divers in the UAE keeping traditions alive

Are we regressing into savagery?

Global public opinion must align itself to fight acts against humanity, whether they are committed by terrorist groups like Daesh or the so-called champions of human rights

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