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Sabiha Al Khemir or Sabiha Khemir (born 1959) is a Tunisian writer, illustrator, and expert in Islamic art whose work is concerned with cultural bridging and cultural dialogues.〔http://pittreligiousstudies.blogspot.com/2008/10/nov-3-reading-by-sabiha-al-khemr.html and The Royal Academy, London, UK, March 2009, "Icons and Iconoclasm Panel" and 92nd Street Y, New York, New York, April 2009, "Cultural Dialogue."〕 She was the founding director of the Museum of Islamic Art〔http://www.mia.org.qa/en〕 in Doha, Qatar. She was born in Tunisia and grew up in Korba, Tunisia, where she attended Koranic school as a child. She is fluent in and lectures internationally in English, Arabic and French in addition to speaking Italian and Spanish. Her multifaceted approach has been widely recognized.〔Melanie Roberts in ‘Contemporary Arab Women's Art, Dialogues of the Present,’ Fran Lloyd ed., MacMillian, 2002〕 == Career == Sabiha Al Khemir graduated in 1982 from the University of Tunis, École Normale Supérieure, with a degree in English Literature. In 1986 she received an MA (with distinction) in Islamic Art and Archaeology from London University, School of Oriental and African Studies, and in 1990, a Ph.D. from London University, School of Oriental and African Studies. In 1990 she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. Some of her first scholarly activities were evident in her Ph.D. dissertation, ‘The Palace of Sitt al-Mulk and Fatimid Imagery,’ London University, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK, 1990.〔"Since making an important archaeological discovery in Cairo, she has become an acknowledged authority on Islamic Art…"Peter Lewis, "Quartet and Arab Women," in Panurge, Spring, 1994, pg. 187〕 Between 1991–1992 Al Khemir was a consultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York for the exhibition ‘Al-Andalus: Islamic Arts of Spain.’ She traveled in Europe and North Africa in search of objects and history that would provide the basis for the show. "…She wrote a close study of ten examples of Quranic manuscripts to show how different styles of calligraphy developed in the Islamic world…The year of the Al-Andalus show was significant: 1992 was the five-hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's famous voyage in 1492, which was also the year when Islamic rule came to an end on the Iberian peninsula."〔''Humanities Magazine'', article by David Skinner, January–February, 2009, vol. 30 pp 24,25, Washington, D.C..〕 This experience inspired one of her later essays ‘The Absent Mirror’ first published in ‘Meetings with Remarkable Muslims, Eland Books, UK, 2005. In 1992–1993 Al Khemir produced two documentaries broadcast on Channel 4, UK. From 1993–1996 she was a consultant for the Nour Collection Inc., Khalili Collection of Islamic Art.〔http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199406/the.khalili.collection.of.islamic.art.htm〕 She authored a major work on figurative Islamic art (‘Figures and Figurines, Sculpture from the Islamic Lands (7th–19th century); Khalili collection Series, Oxford University Press and contributed to ‘Seals and Talismans’, Khalili Collection Series (both forthcoming). She was the subject of a short documentary for Central Television, UK, entitled ‘Take 15’ in 1993. Between 2001-04 she worked internationally as a consultant and also as an Islamic Art Tutor and Lecturer, The British Museum Diploma in Asian Art, London, UK. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sabiha Al Khemir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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