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		<title>Badshahi Masjid Lahore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 06:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Badshahi Mosque  in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. ]]></description>
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		<title>Through the lens of Eric Lafforgue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Lafforgue spends most of his time travelling the globe to share his encounters, through the perception of an ethnologist and the heart of an artist, privileging the regions or populations in danger...]]></description>
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		<title>Birdhouses of Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful bird-houses can be spotted on the facade of a number of mosques in Turkey. The purpose of these charming bird houses was to provide refuge to birds and to protect them from...]]></description>
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		<title>Architectural sketches by Pascal Coste</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>islamic-arts.org Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xavier Pascal Coste (26 November 1787 &#8211; 8 February 1879) was a French architect, born in Marseille, France. Showing intellectual and artistic promise, Pascal began his studies in the studio of Penchaud, architect of the département...]]></description>
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		<title>Šarena Džamija Mosque</title>
		<link>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/sarena-dzamija-the-colorful-mosque-of-tetovo/</link>
		<comments>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/sarena-dzamija-the-colorful-mosque-of-tetovo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>islamic-arts.org Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Šarena Džamija, (Turkish: Alaca Cami) meaning Decorated Mosque in English, is a mosque located near the Pena River in Tetovo, Macedonia. The mosque was originally built in 1438 and later rebuilt in 1833...]]></description>
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		<title>Chiniot&#8217;s Shahi Masjid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>islamic-arts.org Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chiniot's  Shahi Masjid (Badshahi Mosque) was built by Nawab Saad UlIah Khan (1595- 1655)  during the regime of Emperor Shah Jahan (1628-58). ]]></description>
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		<title>The Alhambra</title>
		<link>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/the-alhambra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. J. Bermudez Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Considered as one of the most famous examples of Islamic art, the Alhambra is the culmination and grand finale of medieval Islamic culture on the Iberian Peninsula.]]></description>
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		<title>The Tomb of Etimad ud Doulah</title>
		<link>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/the-tomb-of-etimad-ud-doulah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>islamic-arts.org Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Etimad-ud-Daula&#8217;s Tomb (Urdu: اعتماد الدولہ کا مقبرہ‎, I&#8217;timād-ud-Daulah kā Maqbara) is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Often described as &#8216;jewel box&#8217;, sometimes called...]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Art</title>
		<link>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/islamic-art-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frithjof Schuon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nonfigurative or abstract arts of Judaism and Islam must not be overlooked. The former art was revealed in the Torah and is exclusively sacerdotal. Islamic art is akin to Judaic art by...]]></description>
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		<title>Bahawalpur Mosque at Aitchison College Lahore</title>
		<link>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/bahawalpur-mosque-at-aitchison-college-lahore/</link>
		<comments>http://islamic-arts.org/2013/bahawalpur-mosque-at-aitchison-college-lahore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bhatti F.A.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Built in the year 1900, the Bahawalpur Mosque was commissioned by the Nawab of Bahawalpur while he was himself a student at Aitchison College Lahore. Photography by F.Bhatti. fa bhatti]]></description>
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