DISCOVER EXHIBITS AND THEIR STORIES

Objects with a rich history. People who shape collections. Art that bridges the past and the present. In our stories, we recount the tales behind the objects in the Museum for Islamic Art – from their origins and collectors, through to contemporary artistic perspectives, right down to the people working on them behind the scenes.

Islamic·Art > Stories

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

A painting from the Shahnameh

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SERIES: History of the collection

Cairenes and Cairo of the 1970s

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Midnight Garden by Imran Qureshi

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Dismantling the Aleppo Room

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

Restoring Bab Al-Faraj Clock

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Stations of Place with Gohar Dashti

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Dismantling the Alhambra Cupola

Insights into the museum

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

A wooden niche on the way to the future

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Dismantling the Aleppo Room

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Dismantling the Alhambra Cupola

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Dismantling the Permanent Exhibition

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SERIES: History of the Collection

Conservation of Carpets

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Dismantling the Carpet Exhibition

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Digitization of al-Qazwini Manuscript

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Series: History of the collection

Berlin Carpet Collection

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SERIES: History of the museum

Digitalising Samarra

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Series: History of the collection

From Samarra to Berlin

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Our favorite objects

The History of the Berlin Carpet Collection

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The Restoration of the Lustre Vase from Kashan

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Contemporary Perspectives

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Stations of Place with Gohar Dashti

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Midnight Garden by Imran Qureshi

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Chinese-Arabic Calligraphy with Haji Noor Deen

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Through Shadi Ghadirian’s Lens

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

The Shape of Nothing by Parviz Tanavoli

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Written Images by Shams Anwari

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

zan zendegi azadi by Maryam Keyhani

CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future

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SERIES: Cultural X Collabs

Weaving the Future

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

Creating a carpet

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

Fragment Journeys

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

Ecological Journeys

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

Expression Journeys

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

Culinary Journeys

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

The Doppelgänger: Factsheet

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

Where is the Dragon?

CulturalxCollabs – Weaving the Future Film

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CulturalxCollabs – Weaving the Future

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CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future Copyright : Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst

Crossroads Iran

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SERIES: History of the Collection

Architectural Landscape of Iran

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SERIES: Museum Backstage

Digitization of al-Qazwini Manuscript

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SERIES: Objects tell stories

Kashan: Where ceramics shine like gold

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

The Shape of Nothing by Parviz Tanavoli

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

The Shimmering Luster Mihrab

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

A painting from the Shahnameh

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Written Images by Shams Anwari

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SERIES: History of the collection

Mihrab Tile from Kashan

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Stations of Place with Gohar Dashti

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

A Poetic Painting from Qajar Era

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SERIES: Contemporary Perspectives

Through Shadi Ghadirian’s Lens

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Series: Objects tell Stories

Europeans in a Persian Blue and White Pottery

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SERIES: History of the Collection

Crossroads Iran

INSIDE | Music & Performance: The film accompanying the exhibition “Iran. Five Millennia of Art and Culture”

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Crossroads Syrien

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

Three Voices, One City

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

Restoring Bab Al-Faraj Clock

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

The Tradition of Az-Zawiya Al-Hilaliyya

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

Memories of al-ʿAdiliyya mosque

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

Memories of the Aleppo Citadel

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

Memories of al-Bahramiyya Mosque

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SERIES: Memories from Aleppo

A Tale of Khan al-Wazir

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SERIES: Music from the world

The Diversity of Music in Syria

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SERIES: Music from the World

Contemporary classical music

Further films & publications from the Syrian Heritage Archive Project

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Bait Wakil – Reconstruction and Hope in Aleppo

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Bait Wakil - Training and Restoration in Aleppo

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Anke Scharrahs about the Aleppo Room

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People of the Archive - Jean-Claude David

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People of the Archive - Christine Delpal

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People of the Archive - Stefan Knost

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People of the Archive - Karin Pütt

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People of the Archive - Claus-Peter Haase

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Memories of Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower

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Memories of al-Zawiya al-Hilaliya

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Timeline of Selected Historical Building Facades in Aleppo

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Post-Conflict Documentation of a Historic Neighborhood, Aleppo

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Catalogue of Damage – Architectural Heritage

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Music from the World

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SERIES: Music from the World

From the “Foreign” into the Mainstream

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SERIES: Music from the World

Between Racism and Fear of Relegation

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SERIES: Music from the World

From Feather Beds to Straw

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SERIES: Music from the world

The Diversity of Music in Syria

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SERIES: Cultural x Collabs

Expression Journeys

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SERIES: Music from the World

Contemporary classical music

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SERIES: Music from the world

Habibi Funk

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SERIES: Music from the World

Podcasts as a place of remembrance

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SERIES: Music from the world

Electronic Hafla

Further films & interviews from the world of music

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Sounds from the soul – music between Almanya and Germany

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INSIDE – music & performance – reflections of an exhibition

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Mschatta Lounge Track "Aquamanile" by Milad Khawam

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Interview with Milad Khawam to the Eagle Aquamanile

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Mschatta Lounge Track "Zevk-ü Sefah" by Karmatürji to the Cairen decorative panels

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Interview with Karmatürji to the Cairen decorative panels

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Mschatta Lounge Track "Echoes Stereo Bounce" by Cyminology to Mshatta Façade

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Interview with Cyminology to the Mshatta Façade

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Mschatta Lounge Track "Makda" by Bukahara to Astrolabe

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Interview with Bukahara to the Astrolabe

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Mschatta Lounge Track "Aleppo Room" by Dima Orsho & Friends

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Interview with Dima Orsho & Friends to the Aleppo Room

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Mschatta Lounge Track "Averroes" by Masaa to the Alhambra Dome

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Interview with Masaa on the Alhambra Dome

Stories from our collection

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Series: Objects tell Stories

Europeans in a Persian Blue and White Pottery

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

The Shimmering Luster Mihrab

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

A painting from the Shahnameh

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SERIES: History of the collection

Jewish collectors

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SERIES: History of the collection

Cairenes and Cairo of the 1970s

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

Cats in the Cabinet

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

Where is the Dragon?

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SERIES: History of the collection

The collector Dr. Max Ginsberg

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SERIES: Objects tell Stories

A Poetic Painting from Qajar Era

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SERIES: History of the collection

Mihrab Tile from Kashan

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Series: Objects tell stories

750 Years of Rumi

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Series: Objects tell stories

In:complete

Spreading the Secret: Technique of Luster-Pottery

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Crossroads Samarra

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SERIES: History of the collection

Samarra Revisited

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SERIES: History of the museum

Digitalising Samarra

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SERIES: History of the collection

The Capital of a Global Empire over Time

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Series: History of the collection

From Samarra to Berlin