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The Institute of Islamic Art and Architecture A New York nonprofit advancing Islamic art, architecture, design, and education through workshops, exhibitions, and cultural programs.

Founded by Architect Imad Darouich. Where Heritage Inspires the Future.

09/22/2026

ู…ุญุถุฑู ุถุจุทู ูˆุทู†ู ู…ุชู„ุจู‘ุณู ุจุงู„ุบู†ุงุก
A Homeland Caught in the Act of Singing

ุจู‚ู„ู… ุงู„ู…ุนู…ุงุฑูŠ ูˆุงู„ูƒุงุชุจ ุนู…ุงุฏ ุฏุฑูˆูŠุด โ€” ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ
By Architect and Writer Imad Darouich โ€” New York

ุดุงู‡ุฏุชู ุงู„ุญูู„ ู…ุฑุชูŠู†.
I watched the concert twice.
ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ุŒ ู„ู… ุฃุณุชุทุน ุฅุซุจุงุช ูˆุฌูˆุฏูŠ ููŠ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ.
The first time, I could not prove I was in New York.
ูƒุงู† ุฌุณุฏูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ูƒุฑุณูŠ.
My body was in the chair.
ู„ูƒู† ู‚ู„ุจูŠ ุบุงุฏุฑ ุฏูˆู† ุฃูˆุฑุงู‚.
But my heart had left without papers.
ุนุจุฑ ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏ ุฏุงุฎู„ ู…ูˆู‘ุงู„.
It crossed the border inside a mawwal.
ูˆุญูŠู† ุณุฃู„ูˆู‡ ุนู† ูˆุฌู‡ุชู‡ุŒ ุฃุฎุฑุฌ ู…ูุชุงุญู‹ุง.
When asked its destination, it produced a key.
ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ุงู„ุจูŠุช ู„ู… ูŠุนุฏ ู…ูˆุฌูˆุฏู‹ุง.
They said: the house no longer exists.
ู‚ุงู„: ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุฃุญู…ู„ ุงู„ู…ูุชุงุญ.
It said: that is why I carry the key.
ู…ูˆุธู‘ููŒ ุฎู„ู ุงู„ุถู„ูˆุน
A Clerk Behind the Ribs
ููŠ ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ ู…ูˆุธู‘ููŒ ู‚ุฏูŠู….
An old clerk lives inside me.
ุนูŠู‘ู†ู‡ ุงู„ุฎูˆู ู…ู†ุฐ ุฒู…ู†.
Fear appointed him long ago.
ู…ู‡ู…ู‘ุชู‡ ุชุฏู‚ูŠู‚ ุงู„ุฃูุฑุงุญ.
His job is to inspect moments of joy.
ูƒู„ู…ุง ุงุจุชุณู…ุชูุŒ ุทู„ุจ ูˆุซูŠู‚ุฉ.
Whenever I smile, he demands a document.
ูˆูƒู„ู…ุง ุงุดุชู‚ุชูุŒ ูุชุญ ุชุญู‚ูŠู‚ู‹ุง.
Whenever I long for home, he opens an inquiry.
ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ุฉุŒ ุณู…ุน ุฃุตุงู„ุฉ.
That night, he heard Assala.
ู†ู‡ุถ ู„ูŠูˆู‚ู ุงู„ุตูˆุช.
He stood up to stop the sound.
ููˆุฌุฏ ุงู„ุจุงุจ ูŠุชุญูˆู‘ู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ุงูุฐุฉ.
He found the door turning into a window.
ุจุญุซ ุนู† ุฎุชู… ุงู„ู…ู†ุน.
He searched for the stamp of prohibition.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฎุชู… ูŠุตูู‘ู‚.
The stamp was applauding.
ู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ุฑุฉุŒ ุชุนุทู‘ู„ุช ุงู„ุฏุงุฆุฑุฉ.
For the first time, the office ceased to function.
ูˆู…ุฑู‘ุช ุณูˆุฑูŠุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุตุฏุฑูŠ.
And Syria entered my chest.
ุดุงู‡ุฏูŒ ู„ู… ูŠุณุชุทุน ุงู„ุดู‡ุงุฏุฉ
A Witness Unable to Testify
ู„ู… ุฃุดุงู‡ุฏ ุงู„ุญูู„ ูƒุงู…ู„ู‹ุง ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰.
I did not fully see the concert the first time.
ูƒุงู†ุช ุฏู…ุนุฉูŒ ุชุญุฌุจ ุงู„ุฃูˆุฑูƒุณุชุฑุง.
A tear obscured the orchestra.
ูˆูƒุงู† ุจูŠุชูŒ ู‚ุฏูŠู… ูŠู‚ู ุฃู…ุงู… ุงู„ู…ุบู†ู‘ูŠุฉ.
An old house stood in front of the singer.
ุทู„ุจุชู ู…ู†ู‡ ุฃู† ูŠุชู†ุญู‘ู‰.
I asked it to move aside.
ู‚ุงู„: ุงู†ุชุธุฑุชู ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุตูˆุช ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู†ูƒ.
It said: I have waited for this voice longer than you.
ูุชุฑูƒุชูู‡.
So I let it stay.
ู„ู„ุจูŠูˆุช ุงู„ู…ู‡ุฏู‘ู…ุฉ ุฃู‚ุฏู…ูŠู‘ุฉูŒ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู†ูŠู†.
Demolished houses have seniority in longing.
ูˆู„ู„ู†ูˆุงูุฐ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูู‚ุฏุช ุฌุฏุฑุงู†ู‡ุง ุญู‚ู‘ูŒ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุดุงู‡ุฏุฉ.
Windows that have lost their walls have a right to watch.
ุงู†ุชู‡ู‰ ุงู„ุญูู„.
The concert ended.
ูˆุจู‚ูŠุชู ุนุงุฌุฒู‹ุง ุนู† ูˆุตูู‡.
I remained unable to describe it.
ูƒู†ุชู ุดุงู‡ุฏู‹ุง.
I had been a witness.
ู„ูƒู† ู‚ู„ุจูŠ ุฃุฎูู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฏู„ู‘ุฉ.
But my heart had hidden the evidence.
ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฑุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠุฉโ€ฆ ุฃุญุถุฑุชู ุงู„ู…ุณุทุฑุฉ
The Second Timeโ€ฆ I Brought a Ruler
ุฃู†ุง ู…ุนู…ุงุฑูŠ.
I am an architect.
ุฃู…ุถูŠุชู ุนู…ุฑูŠ ุฃูู‚ู†ุน ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ุจุฃู† ูŠุตูŠุฑ ุจูŠุชู‹ุง.
I have spent my life persuading emptiness to become a home.
ูˆุฃูู‚ู†ุน ุงู„ุฌุฏุงุฑ ุจุฃู† ูŠุชุฑูƒ ู…ูƒุงู†ู‹ุง ู„ุจุงุจ.
And persuading walls to leave room for a door.
ุนุฏุชู ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุญูู„ ุจุนูŠู†ู ุชูุญุต.
I returned to the concert with an examining eye.
ุฃุฑุฏุชู ุฃู† ุฃุนุฑู ูƒูŠู ุดููŠู‘ุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฃุซุฑ.
I wanted to know how this effect had been built.
ุฃูŠู† ุชุณุชู†ุฏ ุงู„ู†ุจุฑุฉุŸ
What supports a note?
ูƒูŠู ูŠุญู…ู„ ุงู„ู…ูˆุงู„ ูƒู„ู‘ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุณุงูุฉุŸ
How does a mawwal bear so much distance?
ูˆู…ู† ุณู…ุญ ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุตู…ุช ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุนู…ูŠู‚ู‹ุงุŸ
Who authorized this silence to be so deep?
ุฑูุนุชู ู…ุณุทุฑุชูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ุญู†.
I raised my ruler to the melody.
ูุงู…ุชุฏู‘ุช ุญุชู‰ ุฏู…ุดู‚.
It stretched all the way to Damascus.
ุฃุนุฏุชูู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุงูˆู„ุฉ.
I set it back on the table.
ูƒุงู†ุช ู…ุจู„ู‘ู„ุฉ.
It was wet.
ุญู†ุฌุฑุฉูŒ ุชุฎุงู„ู ุงู„ู…ุฎุทู‘ุท
A Voice That Defies the Plan
ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ููŠ ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ ูƒุงู† ู…ุนุฏู‘ู‹ุง ู„ุงุญุชู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุญุฒู†.
Everything inside me had been designed to withstand sorrow.
ุฌุฏุฑุงู†ูŒ ุณู…ูŠูƒุฉ.
Thick walls.
ุฃุจูˆุงุจูŒ ุซู‚ูŠู„ุฉ.
Heavy doors.
ูˆู…ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุทูˆุงุฑุฆ ู„ุง ุชุคุฏู‘ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุญุฏ.
Emergency exits leading to no one.
ุซู… ุบู†ู‘ุช ุฃุตุงู„ุฉ.
Then Assala sang.
ูุญุฏุซ ุฎู„ู„ูŒ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุจู†ู‰.
And the building developed a fault.
ุจุฏุฃ ุงู„ุถูˆุก ูŠุฏุฎู„ ู…ู† ู…ูˆุงุถุน ุงู„ุฃู„ู….
Light began entering through the places of pain.
ูˆุณู‚ุท ุฌุฏุงุฑูŒ ูƒู†ุชู ุฃุนุฏู‘ู‡ ุถุฑูˆุฑุฉ.
A wall I had considered essential came down.
ุฎู„ูู‡ุŒ ูˆุฌุฏุชู ุถุญูƒุชูŠ.
Behind it, I found my laughter.
ูƒุจุฑุชู ูƒุซูŠุฑู‹ุง ูˆู‡ูŠ ุชู†ุชุธุฑ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ.
I had grown much older while it waited there.
ู„ู… ุชุนุงุชุจู†ูŠ.
It did not reproach me.
ุทู„ุจุชู’ ุฃู† ุฃูุชุญ ุงู„ู†ุงูุฐุฉ.
It asked me to open the window.
ุญูŠู† ุงุณุชูุฏุนูŠุช ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุณุฑุญ
When the Earth Was Summoned Onstage
ูƒุงู†ุช ุงู„ุฏุจูƒุฉ ุชุถุฑุจ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ.
The dabke struck the earth.
ูุชุฑุฏู‘ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ู…ู† ุชุญุช ู‚ุฏู…ูŠู‘.
And the earth answered beneath my feet.
ุฃู†ุง ููŠ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ.
I was in New York.
ููƒูŠู ุงู‡ุชุฒู‘ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจู„ุงุทุŸ
How, then, did these tiles tremble?
ูˆุถุนุชู ุฃุฐู†ูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุณุงูุฉ.
I pressed my ear against the distance.
ุณู…ุนุชู ุญุงุฑุงุชู ุชุชู†ุงุฏูŽู‰.
I heard neighborhoods calling to one another.
ูˆุณู„ุงู„ู…ูŽ ุชู†ุฒู„ ุจุญุซู‹ุง ุนู† ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡ุง.
And stairways descending in search of their people.
ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุณุฑุญุŒ ูƒุชููŒ ูŠุณู†ุฏ ูƒุชูู‹ุง.
Onstage, one shoulder supported another.
ูˆุงู„ุฎุทูˆุฉ ุงู„ูุฑุฏูŠู‘ุฉ ุชุชุนู„ู‘ู… ุตูŠุบุฉ ุงู„ุฌู…ุน.
And the solitary step learned its plural form.
ู‡ูƒุฐุง ุฑุฃูŠุชู ุณูˆุฑูŠุง.
That is how I saw Syria.
ุฃุตูˆุงุชู‹ุง ุชุญุชูุธ ุจุฃุณู…ุงุฆู‡ุง.
Voices keeping their names.
ูˆุชุฌุฏ ู…ูƒุงู†ู‹ุง ููŠ ุฃุบู†ูŠุฉ ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ.
And finding room within one song.
ุทู„ุจู ุชุฑุฎูŠุตู ุจุงู„ูุฑุญ
An Application for Permission to Rejoice
ููŠ ู…ู†ุชุตู ุฃุบู†ูŠุฉุŒ ุจุงุบุชุชู†ูŠ ุงุจุชุณุงู…ุฉ.
Halfway through a song, a smile caught me unprepared.
ุดุนุฑุชู ุจุงู„ุฐู†ุจ.
I felt guilty.
ุงู„ุชูุชู‘ู ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุญุฒุงู†ูŠ.
I turned toward my sorrows.
ูƒุงู†ุช ุฌุงู„ุณุฉู‹ ู…ุนูŠ.
They were sitting beside me.
ู„ู… ูŠุบุจ ู…ู†ู‡ุง ุฃุญุฏ.
Not one was missing.
ู‚ู„ุชู: ู‡ู„ ูŠุญู‚ู‘ ู„ูŠุŸ
I asked: am I allowed?
ู„ู… ุชูุฌุจ.
They did not answer.
ุฃุฒุงุญุชู’ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ู‹ุง ู…ู† ุซู‚ู„ู‡ุง.
They shifted a little of their weight.
ูˆุชุฑูƒุชู’ ู„ูŠ ู…ูƒุงู†ู‹ุง ุฃุชู†ูู‘ุณ ููŠู‡.
And left me room to breathe.
ุนู†ุฏู‡ุง ูู‡ู…ุชู ุดูŠุฆู‹ุง.
Then I understood something.
ุญุชู‰ ุงู„ุญุฒู† ูŠุฎุชู†ู‚ ุฅุฐุง ุฃุบู„ู‚ู†ุง ุงู„ู†ูˆุงูุฐ.
Even sorrow suffocates when we close the windows.
ูˆุญุชู‰ ุงู„ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ุชุญุชุงุฌ ุฅู„ู‰ ู‡ูˆุงุก.
Even memory needs air.
ุงู„ู…ุญุถุฑ ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑ
The Final Report
ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุดุงู‡ุฏุชู ุงู„ุญูู„ ู…ุฑุชูŠู†.
That is why I watched the concert twice.
ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ุŒ ู„ู… ุฃุนุฑู ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุญุฏุซ ู„ูŠ.
The first time, I did not know what had happened to me.
ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠุฉุŒ ุฃู…ุณูƒุชู ุจุงู„ุฎูŠุท.
The second time, I found the thread.
ุชุชุจู‘ุนุชูู‡ ู…ู† ุญู†ุฌุฑุฉ ุฃุตุงู„ุฉ.
I followed it from Assalaโ€™s voice.
ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃูˆุฑูƒุณุชุฑุง.
To the orchestra.
ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู‚ุฏุงู… ุงู„ุฑุงู‚ุตูŠู†.
To the dancersโ€™ feet.
ุฅู„ู‰ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุจุงุจ ุงู„ู…ูˆุตูŽุฏ ููŠ ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ.
To that sealed door inside me.
ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุชูˆู‚ู‘ูุช.
There I stopped.
ูƒุงู† ู…ูˆุธู‘ู ุงู„ุฎูˆู ูŠุฌู„ุณ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ.
The clerk of fear was sitting on the floor.
ุฃูˆุฑุงู‚ู‡ ู…ุจุนุซุฑุฉ.
His papers lay scattered.
ุณุฃู„ู†ูŠ: ู…ุงุฐุง ุฃูƒุชุจ ููŠ ุงู„ุชู‚ุฑูŠุฑุŸ
He asked me: what shall I write in the report?
ู‚ู„ุชู: ุงูƒุชุจ ู…ุง ุฑุฃูŠุช.
I said: write what you saw.
ู‚ุงู„: ู„ู† ูŠุตุฏู‘ู‚ูˆุง.
He said: they will not believe it.
ู‚ู„ุชู: ุงูƒุชุจ.
I said: write.
ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ุฉุŒ ูˆุฃุซู†ุงุก ุจุซู‘ ุญูู„ู ุบู†ุงุฆูŠู‘ุŒ
On this night, during the broadcast of a concert,
ููุชุญ ุจุงุจูŒ ููŠ ุดู‚ู‘ุฉู ุจู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ.
a door opened in a New York apartment.
ุฎุฑุฌ ู…ู†ู‡ ุฑุฌู„ูŒ ู…ุซู‚ู„ูŒ ุจุงู„ุณู†ูˆุงุช.
A man burdened with years walked through it.
ูˆุฏุฎู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุจูŠุชู‡ ููŠ ุฏู…ุดู‚.
And entered his home in Damascus.
ู„ู… ูŠุบุงุฏุฑ ูƒุฑุณูŠู‘ู‡.
He never left his chair.
ูˆู„ู… ูŠุนุฏ ุงู„ูƒุฑุณูŠู‘ ููŠ ู…ูƒุงู†ู‡.
And the chair was no longer where it had been.

ุนู…ุงุฏ ุฏุฑูˆูŠุด โ€” ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ
Imad Darouich โ€” New York

09/08/2026
09/08/2026

ู„ู… ูŠุฑุณู… ุฅุฏุบุงุฑ ุฏูŠุบุง ุงู„ุญุฑูƒุฉ ูุญุณุจุŒ ุจู„ ุฃู†ู‚ุฐ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุฉ ู‚ุจู„ ุงุฎุชูุงุฆู‡ุง.

Edgar Degas did not merely paint movement; he rescued the moment before it disappeared.

ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ุตูˆุฑุฉุŒ ูƒุงู† ุบุจุงุฑู‹ุง ูŠู†ุชุธุฑ ูŠุฏู‹ุง.Before color became an image, it was dust waiting for a hand.
09/08/2026

ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ุตูˆุฑุฉุŒ ูƒุงู† ุบุจุงุฑู‹ุง ูŠู†ุชุธุฑ ูŠุฏู‹ุง.

Before color became an image, it was dust waiting for a hand.

ุชุฏุนูˆู†ุง ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑุดุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงูƒุชุดุงู ูู† ุงู„ุฑุณู… ุงู„ุฒูŠุชูŠ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุญูŠุงุฉ ูˆุฃุนู…ุงู„ ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒุŒ ุงู„ูู†ุงู† ูˆุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุขุซุงุฑ ูˆุงู„ู…ุนู„ู‘ู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฌู…ุน ุจูŠ...
09/07/2026

ุชุฏุนูˆู†ุง ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑุดุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงูƒุชุดุงู ูู† ุงู„ุฑุณู… ุงู„ุฒูŠุชูŠ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุญูŠุงุฉ ูˆุฃุนู…ุงู„ ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒุŒ ุงู„ูู†ุงู† ูˆุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุขุซุงุฑ ูˆุงู„ู…ุนู„ู‘ู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฌู…ุน ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุฏู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุฃูƒุงุฏูŠู…ูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฎูŠุงู„ ุงู„ุจุตุฑูŠ ูˆุงู„ูˆุนูŠ ุจุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ.

This workshop invites us to discover oil painting through the life and work of Osman Hamdi Beyโ€”the artist, archaeologist, and educator who united academic precision, visual imagination, and historical awareness.

ุณู†ุชุนู„ู‘ู… ูƒูŠู ุชุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ู…ู† ุทุจู‚ุงุชุŒ ูˆูƒูŠู ู†ุณุชุฎุฏู… ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ูˆุงู„ุถูˆุก ูˆุงู„ุธู„ ูˆุงู„ู…ู„ู…ุณ ูˆุงู„ุชูƒูˆูŠู† ู„ุจู†ุงุก ู…ุดู‡ุฏ ูŠุญู…ู„ ุฅุญุณุงุณู‹ุง ูˆุฐุงูƒุฑุฉู‹ ูˆููƒุฑุฉ.

We will learn how a painting develops through layers, and how color, light, shadow, texture, and composition can construct a scene filled with emotion, memory, and thought.

ูˆุงู„ู‡ุฏู ู„ูŠุณ ุฃู† ู†ู‚ู„ู‘ุฏ ุฃุนู…ุงู„ู‡ุŒ ุจู„ ุฃู† ู†ุชุนู„ู‘ู… ู…ู†ู‡ุง ูƒูŠู ู†ุฑู‰ ุจุนู…ู‚ุŒ ูˆูƒูŠู ู†ุฌุนู„ ู„ูƒู„ ุถุฑุจุฉ ูุฑุดุงุฉ ุณุจุจู‹ุง ูˆู„ูƒู„ ู„ูˆู† ุตูˆุชู‹ุง.

Our purpose is not to imitate his work, but to learn from it how to see more deeplyโ€”and how to give every brushstroke a reason and every color a voice.

09/07/2026

ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒ ูู†ุงู†ู‹ุง ูŠู‚ู ุฃู…ุงู… ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎุ› ูƒุงู† ุฑุฌู„ู‹ุง ูŠุญุงูˆู„ ุฅู†ู‚ุงุฐู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุงุฎุชูุงุก.

Osman Hamdi Bey was not an artist standing before history; he was a man attempting to save it from disappearance.

ุฑุณู… ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู† ุฏุงุฎู„ ุงู„ุนู…ุงุฑุฉุŒ ูˆู†ู‚ู‘ุจ ุนู† ุงู„ุญุถุงุฑุงุช ุชุญุช ุงู„ุฃุฑุถุŒ ูˆุฃุณู‡ู… ููŠ ุชุฃุณูŠุณ ุชุนู„ูŠู…ู ูู†ูŠ ูŠู…ู†ุญ ุงู„ุฃุฌูŠุงู„ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏู…ุฉ ุฃุฏูˆุงุชู‡ุง ู„ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู….

He painted humanity within architecture, excavated civilizations beneath the earth, and helped establish an arts education that gave future generations new instruments for seeing the world.

ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑุดุฉุŒ ู†ูƒุชุดู ุฃู† ุงู„ูู†ุงู† ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠ ู„ุง ูŠุถูŠู ู„ูˆู†ู‹ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ูุญุณุจุ› ุจู„ ูŠุญู…ูŠ ุดูŠุฆู‹ุง ู…ู†ู‡ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุช.

In this workshop, we discover that a true artist does not merely add color to life; he protects something within it from dying.

ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ุงู„ุฒูŠุชูŠุฉ ุจู†ุงุกุ› ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ู…ุงุฏุชู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ุถูˆุก ู†ุงูุฐุชู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ุธู„ ูุฑุงุบู‡ุง ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ.An oil painting is a structure: color is its mat...
09/07/2026

ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ุงู„ุฒูŠุชูŠุฉ ุจู†ุงุกุ› ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ู…ุงุฏุชู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ุถูˆุก ู†ุงูุฐุชู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ุธู„ ูุฑุงุบู‡ุง ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ.

An oil painting is a structure: color is its material, light its window, and shadow its interior space.

ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุนุงู„ู… ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒุŒ ู†ุชุนู„ู‘ู… ูƒูŠู ุชูุจู†ู‰ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุทุจู‚ุฉู‹ ููˆู‚ ุทุจู‚ุฉุŒ ูˆูƒูŠู ุชุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุนู…ุงุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ู„ุงุจุณ ูˆุงู„ูƒุชุจ ูˆุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู†ุงุตุฑ ุชู†ุธู… ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ูˆุชุตู†ุน ุงู„ู…ุนู†ู‰.

Through the world of Osman Hamdi Bey, we learn how an image is constructed layer by layer, and how architecture, garments, books, and objects become elements that organize space and create meaning.

ู„ู† ู†ู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ุจูˆุตูู‡ุง ุณุทุญู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฎุฑูู‹ุงุŒ ุจู„ ุจูˆุตูู‡ุง ู…ุจู†ู‰ ู†ุฏุฎู„ู‡ ุจุฃุนูŠู†ู†ุงุŒ ูˆู†ูƒุชุดู ููŠ ุบุฑูู‡ ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ุงู„ูู†ุงู† ูˆุนุตุฑู‡.

We will not regard the painting as a decorated surface, but as a building we enter with our eyes, discovering within its rooms the memory of the artist and his age.

ุฏุฎู„ ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฑุณู… ุญุงู…ู„ู‹ุง ูุฑุดุงุฉุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ุฎุฑุฌ ู…ู†ู‡ ุญุงู…ู„ู‹ุง ุขุซุงุฑ ู†ูุณู‡.Osman Hamdi Bey entered the studio carrying a b...
09/07/2026

ุฏุฎู„ ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฑุณู… ุญุงู…ู„ู‹ุง ูุฑุดุงุฉุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ุฎุฑุฌ ู…ู†ู‡ ุญุงู…ู„ู‹ุง ุขุซุงุฑ ู†ูุณู‡.

Osman Hamdi Bey entered the studio carrying a brush, but he left carrying the ruins of himself.

ูƒู„ู…ุง ูˆุถุน ู„ูˆู†ู‹ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงุดุŒ ุงู†ูุชุญุช ุทุจู‚ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉุŒ ูˆุธู‡ุฑ ุชุญุชู‡ุง ุจุงุจูŒ ุนุซู…ุงู†ูŠุŒ ุฃูˆ ูƒุชุงุจูŒ ุตุงู…ุชุŒ ุฃูˆ ุญุถุงุฑุฉ ุชู†ุชุธุฑ ู…ู† ูŠุฒูŠู„ ุนู†ู‡ุง ุบุจุงุฑ ุงู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†.

Each time he placed color upon the canvas, a layer of memory opened, revealing an Ottoman doorway, a silent book, or a civilization waiting for someone to remove the dust of oblivion.

ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑุดุฉุŒ ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ุนุงู„ู… ุขุซุงุฑุŒ ูˆุชุตุจุญ ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ุฃุฑุถู‹ุงุŒ ูˆูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ูู†ุงู† ุงู„ุณุฑู‘ูŽ ุงู„ู…ุฏููˆู† ููŠ ุฃุนู…ุงู‚ู‡ุง.

In this workshop, color becomes an archaeologist, the canvas becomes the earth, and the artist becomes the secret buried within it.

09/07/2026

ู„ุง ูŠู„ุงู…ุณ ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ุงู„ุฒูŠุชูŠ ุณุทุญ ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ูู‚ุทุ› ุจู„ ูŠุฏุฎู„ู‡ุง ูƒู…ุง ุชุฏุฎู„ ุงู„ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ุฌุณุฏ ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู†.

Oil paint does not merely touch the surface of the canvas; it enters it as memory enters the human body.

ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑุดุฉุŒ ู†ุณูŠุฑ ู…ุน ุนุซู…ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูŠ ุจูƒ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุฑุณู… ูˆุงู„ุขุซุงุฑุŒ ูˆู†ูƒุชุดู ูƒูŠู ูŠู…ูƒู† ู„ู„ูุฑุดุงุฉ ุฃู† ุชู†ู‚ู‘ุจ ููŠ ุงู„ุฒู…ู†ุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุชูƒุดู ุชุญุช ูƒู„ ุทุจู‚ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ูˆู† ููƒุฑุฉู‹ ู…ุฏููˆู†ุฉ ูˆุญูƒุงูŠุฉู‹ ุชู†ุชุธุฑ ุฃู† ุชูุฑู‰.

In this workshop, we journey with Osman Hamdi Bey between painting and archaeology, discovering how a brush can excavate time and uncover beneath every layer of color a buried idea and a story waiting to be seen.

ู‡ู†ุงุŒ ู„ุง ูŠุฑุณู… ุงู„ูู†ุงู† ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ูˆุญุฏู‡ุ› ูุงู„ู„ูˆุญุฉ ุชุญูุฑ ููŠู‡ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง.

Here, the artist does not paint the canvas alone; the canvas excavates him as well.

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