• 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

RECOMMENDED FURTHER READING

Videologue

“Afghan Village” 1976. Hanover, NH: American University Field Services.

“Dances of Egypt.” 1991, 2006. Los Angeles: Araf Discs.

“Dances of North Africa.” 1995–2006. Los Angeles: Araf Discs.

“Egypt Group of Folk Dance.” n.d. Los Angeles: Saut wa Soora Co.

“Homage to Mahmoud Reda.” 2005. Spain: Nesma Music. Solfeon, Ltd.

“Ibrahim Farrah Presents Rare Glimpses.” 1998, NY

“Gharam fi al–Karnak.” n.d. Cairo: Gemal Elleissi Films.

“Raqs–ha–ye mahali–ye Iran” (Iranian Folk Dances, video). NY: Cina, n. d.

“Raqs–ha va Avaz–ha–ye Mahalli–ye Iran.” n. d. Tarzana, CA: Pars Video. #125.