Yassmin Abdel-Magied will read from her book at the IMA

Source: IMA website. Poster for the event.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied will read from her book, Yassmin's Story: Who do you think I am?, at the Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) this December. The reading, titled Burkinis, Burnouts and Boys, will be followed by an intimate conversation with the audience facilitated by IMA host Amna lqbal.

Abdel-Magied was born in Sudan and raised in Australia.  She is the Founder and Chair of Australia-based Youth Without Borders.

Interested?

The reading is on December 7 from 11am to 12:30pm. at the Islamic Museum of Australia, 15 Anderson Road, Thornbury, VIC 3071, Australia. Visit islamicmuseum.org.au or call 1300 915 171 for bookings and enquiries 

Watch Abdel-Magied on video explaining why she wrote a memoir at 24

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Islamic Museum of Australia to feature Islamic coins from UAE collection

Source: IMA website.

The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) is launching Australia's first Islamic Coins Exhibition on 12th March 2016 in conjunction with the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. Running to 30th May 2016, the event will present 100 original gold dinars dating from the Umayyad period through to the Ottoman era.

The coins will showcase the empires, sultanates, khanates, caliphates and territories from which they come, reflecting the norms of trade across different eras and illustrating the history of Islamic finance at the same time.

The coins are part of a personal collection belonging to coin specialist Abdullah Bin Jassim Al Mutairi. This Emirati historian and numismatist has 15,000 coins in his collection, representing one of the largest and most rare collections in the world.

Hybrid II exhibition at the Islamic Museum of Australia explores the paths of Australia and Pakistan

Source: IMA website.

The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) and Joshua McClelland Print Room will be presenting HYBRID II, a collaboration between Damon Kowarsky and Atif Khan. 

Hybrid II is a collaborative exhibition produced by artists Kowarsky from Australia and Khan from Pakistan, exploring the countries' shared colonial histories and the post-independence establishment of national identities and images through a series of prints. 

The exhibition will run from May 8 to August 8 2015 at the Islamic Museum of Australia.

Islamic Museum of Australia to host launch of book about its history

The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) is gearing up for another book launch, this time one about how it came to exist. The Journey: Establishing Australia's First Islamic Museum By Moustafa Fahour will be launched on 20 February on IMA premises. 

Source: IMA website.

Moustafa Fahour is the Founder & Director of the not-for-profit IMA, the first Islamic museum in Australia. He is also Executive General Manager of Habtoor Leighton Group, based in the UAE. In January 2015, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the visual arts and cross-cultural relations.

For more information visit the IMA website.