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25/01/2012
The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Lawrence Pollard.
On today's programme: The surge of art from islamic lands.
Photo: Magnetism by Ahmed Mater. Photogravure etching. 2011 漏 Ahmed Mater and the Trustees of the British Museum.
Last on
Thu 26 Jan 2012
13:32GMT
大象传媒 World Service Online
Chapters
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Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
We visit London's British Museum as its first big exhibition of 2012 opens. How to tell the story of sixteen hundred years of religious pilgrimage and capture its extraordinary atmosphere?
Duration: 08:58
Arabic Calligraphy
Australian artist Peter Gould and Malaysian novelist Tash Aw discuss the influence of arabic calligraphy across time and space.
Duration: 08:30
Broadcasts
- Wed 25 Jan 2012 23:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Thu 26 Jan 2012 02:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Thu 26 Jan 2012 09:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Thu 26 Jan 2012 13:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online