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Splendours of the Atlas: A Voyage Through Morocco’s Heritage


  • Museum of Islamic Art Doha Qatar (map)

Presented as part of Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture, Splendours of the Atlas: A Voyage Through Morocco’s Heritage will investigate multifaceted heritage of Islamic Morocco, revealing the forces that have shaped its unique identity to the present day. Featuring historical artefacts, manuscripts, ceramics, costumes, and jewellery—much of it on view for the first time—the exhibition highlights the significance of key cities in Morocco in fostering religious scholarship and scientific advances, as well as the pivotal role crafts have played in the country’s identity.

Photographs of the Moroccan landscape and images of daily life by contemporary Moroccan photographers Bruno Barbey and Mous Lamrabat will also be on view.

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