Traditional Costumes Of Saudi Arabia

Author : Soraya Altorki
Publisher : Acc Art Books
ISBN 13 : 9781788840408
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Costumes of Saudi Arabia written by Soraya Altorki and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A resplendent selection of garments from the many tribes who call Saudi Arabia home* Developed in partnership with the Mansoojat Foundation: a charity dedicated to preserving ethnic textiles and designs* An informative, accessible and beautiful celebration of cultureBorn out of fourteen years of collaboration with the Mansoojat Foundation, this book pays homage to Saudi Arabia's rich textile heritage. From the Labah Sadr of the Bal Harith tribe (a silver necklace decorated with colored glass beads, often recycled from old car lights) to the resplendent jasmine headdresses worn by the Jazan, Traditional Costumes of Saudi Arabia captures the stunning scope of traditional accessories and garb. Bright colors, bold patterns, intricate detail and eye-catching designs - the beauty of Arabian textiles is undeniable. Yet many in the western world do not appreciate the extent to which costume and culture are intertwined. Each headdress, thobe and necklace is an expression of identity, incorporating Islamic, Indian, Indonesian, Malay and Chinese influences that date back to the days of the Silk Road. Preserving costumes that are no longer worn and celebrating those which remain at the heart of communities, this book provides valuable insight into the history of Saudi Arabia through the voices of its oldest inhabitants.

Author : David E. Long
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031306279X
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia written by David E. Long and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saudi Arabia is a young nation with an ancient history. It is one of the most conservative traditional societies in the world grappling with the impact of modernization wrought by the influx of great oil wealth beginning only in the mid twentieth century. Saudi culture is in constant flux, and the culture gap between the West and Saudi Islamic culture is wide. Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia is the first cultural overview of country and provides timely, authoritative insight into a major Middle Eastern power. The Saudis are a proud people with a closed society, but circumstances have caused them to play an important role in current world affairs. The author has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia and has extensively used his contacts there to provide up-to-date material. Saudi culture developed through age-old interactions between the Arabian peoples and their harsh desert environment. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam, and the basic Islamic values of Saudi culture have remained to this day. The themes of an ancient desert society infused with Islam values on a collision course with modernity are interplayed throughout chapters on the land, people, and history, traditional Islamic culture and modernization, the extended family and gender roles, cuisine and dress, social customs, rites of passage, and holidays, communication and mass media, and artistic expression. Color photos and a map, chronology, and glossary round out the narrative.

Author : Heather Colyer Ross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780907513001
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Arabian Costume written by Heather Colyer Ross and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yedida Kalfon Stillman
Publisher : Brill Academic Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789004135932
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arab Dress written by Yedida Kalfon Stillman and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated volume is a historical and ethnographic study of one important aspect of Arab-Islamic material culture - clothing. Surveying the evolution, transformations, and semiotics of modes of dress over 1400 years throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and medieval Islamic Spain.

Author : A. Biswas
Publisher : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN 13 : 8123025645
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Costumes written by A. Biswas and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Costumes provides a brief survey of how our people dressed themselves in the past and how they now dress themselves in the different regions of this country

Author : Andrea B. Rugh
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815623687
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reveal and Conceal written by Andrea B. Rugh and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1986-11-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exciting study of clothing as a complex cultural expression. The author analyses contemporary social meanings found in the symbols of dress and shows the way groups and individuals use the symbols like a language to reveal or conceal significant aspects of their personal identities. Reveal and Conceal contains thirty-three line drawings, clearly depicting the various modes and differences in dress. Forty-eight photographs are included in the book, most of which were taken by the author during her extensive interviews with the women and men of the Egyptian villages and cities she researched.

Author : Manal Sharif
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476793026
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daring to Drive written by Manal Sharif and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.

Author : Octavian Dalvimart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks written by Octavian Dalvimart and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hanan Karaman Munayyer
Publisher : Olive Branch Press
ISBN 13 : 9781623719241
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Palestinian Costume written by Hanan Karaman Munayyer and published by Olive Branch Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical and cultural richness of Palestine is reflected visually in its costume and embroidery. Distinguished by boldness of color, richness of pattern, and diversity of style, and combined with great needlework skill, these textiles have long played an important role in Palestinian culture and identity and manifested themselves in every aspect of Palestinian life. Based on over twenty-five years of extensive field research and the culling of museum resources and publications from around the world, this book presents the most exhaustive and up-to-date study of the origins of Palestinian embroidery and costume--from antiquity through medieval Arab textile arts to the present. It documents region by region the evolution of costume and the textile arts in Palestine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is lavishly illustrated with over 500 full-color photographs from the highly praised Munayyer Collection, which includes a whole range of embroidered textiles from traditional costumes and coin headdresses of Palestinian village women to cloaks and jackets worn by village men to belts, sashes, and footwear. The exquisite colors of the silk stitching on natural linens are a feast for the eye. The sumptuous photography and author's well-informed text greatly enrich our appreciation of Palestinian embroidery and make this book a valuable resource that displays this unique art in all its splendor.

Author : Lisa Urkevich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135628165
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula written by Lisa Urkevich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula provides a pioneering overview of folk and traditional urban music, along with dance and rituals, of Saudi Arabia and the Upper Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The nineteen chapters introduce variegated regions and subcultures and their rich and dynamic musical arts, many of which heretofore have been unknown beyond local communities. The book contains insightful descriptions of genres, instruments, poetry, and performance practices of the desert heartland (Najd), the Arabian/Persian Gulf shores, the great western cities including Makkah and Medinah, the southwestern mountains, and the hot Red Sea coast. Musical customs of distinctive groups such as Bedouin, seafarers, and regional women are explored. The book is packaged with an audio CD and almost 200 images including a full color photo essay, numerous music transcriptions, a glossary with over 400 specialized terms, and original Arabic script alongside key words to assist with further research. This book provides a much-needed introduction and organizational structure for the diverse and complex musical arts of the region.