{"id":7899,"date":"2022-11-14T11:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T11:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/saudi-fashion-exhibition-highlights-over-40-designers-at-ithra\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T11:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T11:43:15","slug":"saudi-fashion-exhibition-highlights-over-40-designers-at-ithra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=7899","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Fashion Exhibition highlights over 40 designers at Ithra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ithra to release \u2018Hijrah: In The Footsteps of The Prophet\u2019 tome<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nDHAHRAN: A Saudi travel exhibition opened in August to mark the Islamic new year has been encapsulated in a new book that will be released in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 240 pages, \u201cHijrah: In the Footsteps of the Prophet\u201d documents the historic journey of the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Madinah 1,400 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ithra to release \u2018Hijrah: In The Footsteps of The Prophet\u2019 book\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VXVW6ArTmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nThe exhibition, the contents of which the book has been based on, will run at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran until spring next year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<figcaption>\n(Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nDr. Idries Trevathan, a scholar of Islamic studies and curator of the Ithra display, also played a key role in curating and editing the book.<\/p>\n<p>\nSplit into seven chapters \u2014 a number often associated with spirituality \u2014 Trevathan brought in respected scholars Abdullah Alkadi, Kumail Almusaly, Daoud Stephen Casewit, Hamza Yusuf, Ovidio Salazar, and Thalia Kennedy as contributors.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe was also assisted by experts in trying to piece together the narrative using geography, storytelling, and landscapes along with high-resolution images of the actual route.<\/p>\n<p>\nWriting in the book\u2019s forward, Ithra director, Abdullah Al-Rashid, said: \u201cWe humbly believe that this volume and this exhibition represent real steps forward and knowledge, scholarship, and understanding among all peoples and faiths.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt is our hope that as we learn more about the Hijrah, we will be encouraged to emulate the values and practice of those who traveled and that this will lead to greater understanding, empathy, and tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe trust that our efforts will give rise to still more research and insights as future scholars build on this work and use it to learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nOther forwards were written by Farah Abushullaih, the head of Ithra\u2019s museum, Anas Saleh Serafi, secretary-general of Dar Al Funoon Al-Islamiyya, and Laila Al-Faddagh, director of the National Museum of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\nTrevathan told Arab News: \u201cHijrah translates as migration, and refers to the Prophet\u2019s migration, together with his closest companion, Abu Bakr, from Makkah to Madinah in the year 622, which is exactly 1,400 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe Hijrah event is important for Muslims around the world; it marks the passage of time, the beginning of the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s very significant in the sense that it\u2019s a foundational story for 1 billion Muslims around the world. It literally defines the identity of these people from as far apart as Morocco, all the way to Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWhen we looked at the Hijrah story, we realized that there\u2019s never been an exhibition or a film made about it, this very, very important event. And so, just under four years ago, we thought, well, Ithra, we decided to remedy the situation and we created an exhibition on the Hijrah. And the exhibition today is the fruits of our labor.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a real labor of love, it involves scholars, artists, people, individuals, and institutions from all around the world. It\u2019s really been a collective endeavor. And we\u2019re really proud and honored to be able to share it with the public.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIn conjunction with this exhibition, we also produced an exhibition catalog. And what\u2019s unique about this kind of catalog, is that it has chapters by many guest authors, many very well-respected scholars from around the world, including Dr. Abdullah Alkadi, who is considered the authority on the Hijrah and one of the most important living biographers of the Prophet Muhammad today.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe also have a chapter by Sheikh Hamza Yusuf from Berkeley, California. And we also have chapters by Ithra scholars,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s unique about this book, and different from other books published on the Hijrah, is its focus on the landscape of the Hijrah, of the sacred landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe worked with many filmmakers and photographers to document the landscape. A lot of what they shot is included in this book, so incredible landscape photography.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAlso, we wanted to look at ways in which people creatively expressed the Hijrah story across the generations. So, we looked at the artistic heritage and the literature from the Islamic world and we included a lot of these pieces in this book, and in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBut we also wanted to understand how the current generations expressed their memories or their feelings about the story. We commissioned new artworks to be included in the exhibition \u2014 some of those are also included in this book,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\nOne of the replica pieces featured in the exhibition recently went viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\nTrevathan said: \u201cAs part of the exhibition, we commissioned a facsimile of the Prophet\u2019s sandals to be made, because we wanted to show the footwear the Prophet was wearing during his journey. These sandals are based on early written sources and there are a lot of them which describe every last detail of what they looked like.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe reaction to seeing the sandals has been incredible. I think people reacted so positively because they\u2019re able to connect with the Prophet in a very special way through his possessions.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo they\u2019re able to relate to the story even more \u2014 in a closer way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe book is now available for pre-order in English, with an identical Arabic version too and is on sale for $70 at the Ithra store and all major online retailers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2199476\/lifestyle\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ithra to release \u2018Hijrah: In The Footsteps of The Prophet\u2019 tome DHAHRAN: A Saudi&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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