Sharjah, UAE’s less glitzy emirate shines for Islamic arts
Photo: Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, executive chairman, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) and Mohammed Al Qaseer, director of the Cultural Affair of Department of Culture and general coordinator of the Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, being shown around an exhibition at Maraya Art Centre on 20th December 2018. Photo Supplied by Sharjah Department of Culture.
In the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai are globally recognised for arts and culture, with the likes of headliners Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Art, Art Dubai and Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. But when it comes to Islamic arts, the country’s most celebrated emirates concede to a much less glitzy neighbour.
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