scholarly journals Back to the Future : art contemporain du Moyen-Orient et expositions temporaires au British Museum

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Monia Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eastern ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Islamic Art ◽  
The Future ◽  
Temporary Exhibitions

The confrontation between contemporary and ancient art, within the framework of temporary exhibitions or in the context of permanent collections, is not new, and examples are numerous. This article shows, through a description of a variety of temporary exhibitions organized by the British Museum, bringing together contemporary Middle Eastern and ancient Islamic art, the ideological consequences of such juxtapositions which consistently favour continuity over rift.

Middle East luxury retail sector – opportunities or uncertainties in the future?

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Roger Moser ◽  
Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
International Business ◽  
Market Entry ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Senior Executive ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future

Subject area The subject area is international business and global operations. Study level/applicability The study includes BSc, MSc and MBA students and management trainees who are interested in learning how an industry can be assessed to make a decision on market entry/expansion. Even senior management teams could be targeted in executive education programs, as this case provides a detailed procedure and methodology that is also used by companies (multinational corporations and small- and medium-sized enterprises) to develop strategies on corporate and functional levels. Case overview A group of five senior executive teams of different Swiss luxury and lifestyle companies wanted to enter the Middle East market. To figure out the optimal market entry and operating strategies, the senior executive team approached the Head of the Swiss Business Hub Middle East of Switzerland Global Enterprise, Thomas Meier, in December 2012. Although being marked with great potential and an over-proportional growth, the Middle Eastern luxury market contained impediments that international firms had to take into consideration. Therefore, Thomas had to analyze the future outlook for this segment of the Middle East retail sector to develop potential strategies for the five different Swiss luxury and lifestyle companies to potentially operate successfully in the Middle East luxury and lifestyle market. Expected learning outcomes The study identifies barriers and operations challenges especially for Swiss and other foreign luxury and lifestyle retailers in the Middle East, understands the future (2017) institutional environment of the luxury and lifestyle retail sector in the Middle East and applies the institutions-resources matrix in the context of a Swiss company to evaluate the uncertainties prevailing in the Middle East luxury and lifestyle retail sector. It helps in turning insights about future developments in an industry (segment) into consequences for the corporate and functional strategies of a company. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or e-mail [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 5: International Business.

scholarly journals Future of Management of Multiple Sclerosis in the Middle East: A Consensus View from Specialists in Ten Countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Aljumah ◽  
Raed Alroughani ◽  
I. Alsharoqi ◽  
Saeed A. Bohlega ◽  
Maurice Dahdaleh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Optimal Care ◽  
Single Vision ◽  
Disease Modifying Therapies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Risk Ratios

The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is now considered to be medium-to-high in the Middle East and is rising, particularly among women. While the characteristics of the disease and the response of patients to disease-modifying therapies are generally comparable between the Middle East and other areas, significant barriers to achieving optimal care for MS exist in these developing nations. A group of physicians involved in the management of MS in ten Middle Eastern countries met to consider the future of MS care in the region, using a structured process to reach a consensus. Six key priorities were identified: early diagnosis and management of MS, the provision of multidisciplinary MS centres, patient engagement and better communication with stakeholders, regulatory body education and reimbursement, a commitment to research, and more therapy options with better benefit-to-risk ratios. The experts distilled these priorities into a single vision statement: “Optimization of patient-centred multidisciplinary strategies to improve the quality of life of people with MS.” These core principles will contribute to the development of a broader consensus on the future of care for MS in the Middle East.

Working in metal: Mutual influences between the Islamic world and the medieval West

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Fehérvári
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Islamic Art ◽  
World War ◽  
Glass Bottle ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Small Glass

The enamelled Islamic dish which is in the Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck is well known to scholars of Islamic art. It is a unique and outstanding piece of work, yet, surprisingly, so far no monograph has been devoted to it. One of the earliest references to this object was made by Max van Berchem and J. Strzygowski. In 1910 it was on show at the famous Islamic exhibition in Munich. Then the dish was included in Alois Riegel's publication, which came out soon after World War I. The late L. A. Mayer mentioned it again briefly in connexion with a small glass bottle in the British Museum, which, like the dish, depicts dancing girls. Then an article by Hugo Buchtal referred to it once more. More recently the dish was described and illustrated by Sir Harry Garner.

scholarly journals Stories of Continuity. Contemporary Art and Collection of Islamic Art

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-21
Author(s):  
Monia Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Islamic Art

Nos últimos trinta anos, o Islã, entendido como civilização islâmica, tem sido, em vários sentidos, crescentemente associado à noção de arte contemporânea. Por exemplo, muitos grandes museus no mundo incluem, em suas coleções de arte islâmica histórica, trabalhos pertencentes a suas coleções de arte contemporânea originárias do Oriente Médio. Essa associação entre artecontemporânea e arte islâmica levou à noção de Arte Islâmica Contemporânea, que se baseia na ideia de permanência da arte islâmica. Assim, a arte islâmica pode ser vista como um “umanacronismo de uma arte medieval que nunca morreu” (Amy Goldin) e recebe a atribuição de um caráter trans-histórico: arte, produzida hoje em países muçulmanos ou por artistas ligados ao Islã por seus lugares de nascimento ou por ascendência, é compreendida como prolongamento da arte islâmica hoje. Essa interpretação também funda-se na ideia de permanência da civilização islâmica e em uma concepção ahistórica do tempo. Esse artigo analisará essa concepção alternativa de periodização da arte islâmica estudando o caso do British Museum erelacionando-a ao discurso de vários historiadores e autores não-ocidentais. O tema em questão vai além do campo da arte: esse renascimento da arte islâmica é um meio de estabelecer,através da arte, a continuidade cultural da civilização islâmica.

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