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192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/51558| Title: | Art and Architecture in the Islamic Tradition |
| Other Titles: | Aesthetics, Politics and Desire in Early Islam |
| Authors: | David Stronach Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed |
| Keywords: | Aesthetics, Politics and Desire in Early Islam |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd |
| Description: | In the mid-1980s, the rabbi of Rabat, Morocco, having decided to restore the old synagogue of the city, commissioned a local architect to carry out the restoration project and asked him to present his very best ideas. The architect, a young Muslim with little knowledge of traditional Moroccan Jewish customs, was eager to do his best, and prepared a few sketches based on his estimation of what would please the rabbi. When the rabbi was presented with the architectural drawings and their modernist approach, he could not help showing his disappointment, and told the Muslim architect: |
| URI: | http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/51558 |
| ISBN: | 978 1 84885 544 1 |
| Appears in Collections: | African Studies |
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