Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

757 works match

Cengiz Yar documents the de-mining efforts in the city of Mosul

Tracy Chahwan on making the visuals for all the best “strictly-vinyl” parties in Beirut

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Director Jerry Rothwell on Ethiopia's very small town that's big on producing world-class runners

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Beirut-born Yasmina Hilal organically creates mixed media collages – cutting, gluing and sewing away from digital manipulation

Parkview Square from Arab Street

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Rattle

Hand Cross (mäsqäl)

Book of the Gospels

Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)

Prayer book with case (mahdar)

Nose Ring

Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned

Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donors

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)

Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross)

Processional Cross

Processional Cross

Double Diptych Icon Pendant

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)

Bowl Lyre

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)

Healing Scroll

Healing Scroll

Double-Sided Gospel Leaf

Processional Cross

Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)

Healing Scroll

Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples

Arganonä Maryam (The Organ of Mary) prayer book

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Old Arab Bank building Amman

Beirut clocktower (4694172347)

Textile Fragment

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt

Textile Fragment

Bowl with Arabic Proverb

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"

Guenbri

Gumuri

Rebab

Spear

Guenbri

Fragment of a Qur'an

Dinar

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant

Girdle Clasp

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Nay

Ring

Ring

"Prophet Muhammad Preaching", Folio from a Maqtal-i Al-i Rasul of Lami'i Chelebi

Sword with Scabbard

Tripod Candlestick

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Jar

Vase with Five Discs

Three-Footed Bowl

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

Fragmentary Plate with Engraved Designs

Goblet with Incised Designs

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Candlestick Base with Interlacing Dragons

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Bottle

Textile Medallion

Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription