- Note from Founder and Director of NYU Center for Dialogues
- Introduction
- Changing impressions: Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas
- The Arts of Islam in the Eyes of the West: A Historical View
- Cultural exchanges: viewing history through gifts and commerce
- Gift exchanges: Harun al-Rashid and Charlemagne
- Gift exchanges: Venice and the Ottoman Empire
- Commerce: coins, jewelry, and other goods
- Commerce: twentieth-century changes
- Creative Lives Under Changing Circumstances
- Early Muslim Society
- The Post-Mongol Muslim World
- The Early Modern Muslim World
- The Muslim World in 1900
- The Muslim World Today
- The Arts of Islam: A Brief History
- A. Poetry and Song
- B. Quranic Chant
- C. Calligraphy
- D. Belles Lettres
- E. Music and Dance
- F. Theater
- G. Painting, Sculpture, and Design
- H. Architecture
- Islamic Art Today
- Conclusion
- Recommended Further Reading
General - Poetry and Prose: Arabic
- Poetry and Prose: Persian
- Poetry and Prose: Turkish
- Poetry and Prose: Urdu
- Quranic Chant
- Music and Song
- Calligraphy
- Painting and Design
- Architecture
- Theater and Cinema
- Dance
- Videologue
CONCLUSION
Given the complexities of the cultural scene in the Muslim world today, Muslim Voices could only have come together through the collaboration of many institutions, notably the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Asia Society, and New York University’s Center for Dialogues: Islamic World – U.S. –The West. Many people with a remarkable array of skills and backgrounds were involved in selecting participants, designing events, and finding funding for the enterprise. Yet, the festival can, at best, only provide a glimpse of the great cultural variety and creative talents to be found in Muslim societies across the globe. It is the hope of the organizers that this glimpse will whet the West’s appetite for more exposure to the best artists that the Muslim world has to offer. If this hope should be realized in the years to come, a growing cultural familiarity between non–Muslims and Muslims will surely help combat the ignorant misconceptions about the Muslim world that have prevailed since the tragedy of 9/11, and allay fears and mistrust on both sides of the cultural divide.
