{"id":2459,"date":"2021-12-12T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:30:05","slug":"water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2021\/12\/12\/water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Exhibition Opens in Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19IrtptvYcnJPqgiEAI3Kewu83OIc5xzr\/preview\" width=\"720\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Journalism student Jana Aljamal reports on the Water Exhibition in Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Jana Aljamal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SHARJAH, UAE\u2014The temporary exhibition of Water, Islam and Art opened on Oct. 6 at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is a cultural and touristic landmark that encapsulates more than 5,000 artifacts from the Islamic world. The artifacts date back to the first century AH (7 A.D.) and up until the fourteenth century A.H. (20 A.D.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The temporary exhibition consists of three sections that depict the significance of water in Islam through artifacts and devices that were collected from Islamic civilizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first section of the exhibition displays the vast repertoire of Islamic arts through purification and preservation relics. The oldest artifact in the section is the <em>Kilga<\/em>,<em> <\/em>a device found in the Fatimid Empire during the fifth century AH (11<sup>th<\/sup> Century). Ibn Ridwan, a doctor who worked at the Fatimid court, wrote that the porosities of the jar filtered the water from the clay, keeping the water cold during the summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second section portrays the significance of water for hygiene in the Islamic faith. One of the most notable architectural innovations of the Islamic world is the <em>Hammam<\/em>, which was a large bathing complex. Bath robes, buckets, and perfumes used in the Turkish <em>Hammam <\/em>are at display in this section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, the third section exhibits innovations for gardening, such as watering devices and fountains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition ends on Dec. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/mcmhub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mcmhub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-water-exhibition-opens-in-sharjah-museum-of-islamic-civilization.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Water, Islam and Art exhibition, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalism student Jana Aljamal reports on the Water Exhibition in Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization By Jana Aljamal SHARJAH, UAE\u2014The temporary exhibition of Water, Islam and Art opened on Oct. 6 at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization.&nbsp; The museum is a cultural and touristic landmark that encapsulates more than 5,000 artifacts from the Islamic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[17,46,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-2459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-video-reports","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-culture","11":"tag-sharjah-uae","12":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}