Professor Halit Erem (far right) is the director general of Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture (ICICA), which is located in Istanbul, Turkey. The institution is the first subsidiary organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). This weekend, the OIC is hosting a conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Kuwait City. Whilst attending the conference, Professor Erem took the opportunity to visit Her Excellency Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah.   May 28th 2015

بدعوة من قسم التاريخ في كلية الآداب ( جامعة الكويت)، وتحت رعاية مدير جامعة الكويت بالإنابة الدكتورة حياة الحجي، انطلق مؤتمر “مبارك الكبير مؤسس الكويت الحديثة” إحياءً للذكرى المئوية الأولى لوفاته،وبحضور كريم من الشيخة حصة صباح السالم الصباح ( المشرف العام في دار الآثار الإسلامية) لجلساته المتتالية والتي حفلت بعدد رائع من الأوراق البحثية التي قدّمتها نخبة من أساتذة قسم التاريخ،لتلامس في جوانبها المختلفة أبرز وأهم ملامح عصر الشيخ مبارك الكبير، شارك في تقديم الأوراق البحثية لهذه الاحتفالية الأساتذة، د.عبدالهادي العجمي رئيس قسم التاريخ والمنظم لهذا المؤتمر وكذلك أ.د فيصل الكندري عميد كلية الآداب بالإنابة ، بالإضافة لكونهم أيضا من أعضاء المجلس التأسيسي لأصدقاء “الدار”، كما شارك زملاؤهم من القسم…

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Director General Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah meets the former President of the United States of America George H. W. Bush and his wife, the former First Lady, Barbara Bush for the second time when visiting their home state of Texas for the opening of Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection at the Museum of Fine Art, Houston.   February 3rd 2015

Director General Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah speaking at the opening of the expanded installation of Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston). “Since its inception in 1983, part of our vision for the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah has been the sharing of works of art from The al-Sabah Collection with the public, in and out of Kuwait,” said Sheikha Hussah. “These objects are tangible products of artists and artisans from Islamic lands, representing more than 13 centuries of art, history and culture. The expansion of the Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait exhibition at the museum represents…

On January 11 2015, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Director General Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah will leave Kuwait to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees meeting in New York City. As an Honorary Trustee and the first Arab and Muslim woman to be named to this prestigious body, she will not only be representing art and culture in the Middle East, but will also be discussing several issues related to the museum and its latest developments and achievements.

Members of the board who attended the meeting of UNDP Kuwait Advisory Board with UNDP team. The Advisory Board consists of: Dr. Mubashar Sheikh, Sheikha Hussah Al-Sabah, Dr. Ahmad Beshara, Sheikha Al-Azain Al-Sabah, Ms. Amal Al-Sayar, Dr. Bader Mal Allah, Mr. Fouzi Y. Al-Hunaif, Dr. Ghanim Al Najjar, Mr. Hashem Al-Refai, Sheikha Intisar Al-Sabah, Amb. Jasem Al-Mubaraki, Mr. Mazen Al-Nahedh, Dr. Ma’soumah Al-Mubarak, Dr. Moudi Al-Hemoud, Dr. Naji Al-Mutairi, Mr. Nizar Al-Adsani, M. Rabah Al-Rabah, HE Dr. Yaaqoub Al-Sane’   December 22nd 2014

Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah began her tenure as co-chair of Kuwait’s UNDP Advisory Board this morning. In both her capacity as director general of the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah and as co-owner of The al-Sabah Collection, Sheikha Hussah has had a long and fruitful relationship with the UNDP. She is pleased to serve on this board, as the UNDP is an organisation that respects Kuwait’s national character and strives to ensure that its programmes are not only consistent with it, but also promotes Kuwait’s history, traditions and values.   December 18th 2014

A dear friend and Curator at the Hermitage Museum Dr. Anatoly Ivanov (in the middle) helped select 120 objects from the Hermitage Islamic art collection that were displayed by Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah in 1990 under the title of ‘Masterpieces of Islamic Art in the Hermitage Museum’. Accordingly, DAI sent few months later 120 pièces of the al-Sabah Collection to the Hermitage under the title ‘Islamic Art and Patronage:Treasures from Kuwait’.   December 9th 2014

At the official ceremony celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Hermitage Museum, the guests were treated to an operatic performance at the Hermitage Theatre and a ceremonious gala dinner. At dinner, Sheikha Hussah was joined at the table by an old friend and past lecturer at Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah Professor Vitaly Naumkin, the President of the Orienalists’ Institute of the Academy of Science in Russia.   December 8th 2014