Tapestry, mon amour
Instead of the customary easel, Zuberi uses the stretcher. Instead of wielding the brush, he tears, plucks, snips and fluffs the fabric to build his compositions....
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Raphael’s epic show
In London, the National Gallery’s historical new Raphael exhibition consists of over 800 paintings and drawings from the early years of the artist’s work. Son of a minor artist, Giovanni Santi,...
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The art of the shoe
Occupying the second floor of a medieval building in the heart of Florence and located just above the showrooms that sell his luxurious line of shoes, the Salvatore Ferragamo shoe museum is a hidden gem that documents and displays the work of a master craftsman....
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Countering terrorism
The palpable reality of terrorism is unbearably real in countries like ours scarred by a grizzly trail of subversive activities. As government agencies worldwide launch a global crackdown on terrorist activities,...
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Tell-tale tombstones
The arid regions of southern Sindh and lower Balochistan have a number of stone-carved graveyards. Thanks to the indifference of the federal archaeology department, most of these have fallen to ruin....
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Gandhara and Kashmir
I have always had an interest in history, though, despite pursuing writing as a profession, I am nowhere near being a historian which is a field of specialization and research and...
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