Kuwait conf. sheds light on arts in Islam
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT April 13 (KUNA) -- Participants in the Islamic art conference currently held here discussed on Wednesday during its last session topics related to music in Islamic history and traditional weaving in Islamic Egypt.
Professor Anwar Mughith addressed the conference organized by the National Council of Culture Arts and Letters in coordination with Kuwait University about music as eyed by Muslim philosophers. "Music was revered during the Abbasid Caliphate times when there were many singers" he said. Muslim philosophers had written about music he added noting that they had also made comparisons in writings between "ideal and cheap kinds of music at the old times." Dr. Zubaida Mohammad Atta a history professor and former dean of the Egyptian Halwan University tackled in her paper topics related to weaving and textiles in Egypt during the Islamic rule noting that the natives have mastered cotton cultivation manufacturing and weaving since ancient times.
The conference held under aegis of the Minister of Information Minister of State for Youth Affairs and the Council Chairman Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah started on Monday.
The convention due to proceed today with several sessions is held as part of the celebrations and activities marking Kuwait as the Islamic Cultural Capital (2016). (end) aw.rk
Professor Anwar Mughith addressed the conference organized by the National Council of Culture Arts and Letters in coordination with Kuwait University about music as eyed by Muslim philosophers. "Music was revered during the Abbasid Caliphate times when there were many singers" he said. Muslim philosophers had written about music he added noting that they had also made comparisons in writings between "ideal and cheap kinds of music at the old times." Dr. Zubaida Mohammad Atta a history professor and former dean of the Egyptian Halwan University tackled in her paper topics related to weaving and textiles in Egypt during the Islamic rule noting that the natives have mastered cotton cultivation manufacturing and weaving since ancient times.
The conference held under aegis of the Minister of Information Minister of State for Youth Affairs and the Council Chairman Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah started on Monday.
The convention due to proceed today with several sessions is held as part of the celebrations and activities marking Kuwait as the Islamic Cultural Capital (2016). (end) aw.rk
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