1001 Inventions
exhibition which reveals
how our everyday tools,
words and practices can
be traced to the Islamic
civilisation, will begin
its world-wide tour,
reaching Dubai by the
end of 2006.
After the great success
it achieved in UK
earlier this month,
“Discover Muslim
Heritage in Our World”
will begin touring over
20 nations in Europe,
the Middle East, the Far
East and Australasia,
according to AMEInfo.
Muslim Heritage
Consulting, the
Dubai-based exhibition
organisers in
association with the
Foundation for Science
Technology and
Civilisation (FSTC) in
the UK, had been flooded
with requests for the
exhibition from
governments and academic
institutions around the
globe.
In UK, the project was
sponsored by the British
Home Office, British
Foreign Office, British
Department for Trade and
Industry, Abu Dhabi
based Bin Hamouda Group
and Dubai based
International Holdings
Group.
The exhibition uncovers
many secrets and
scientific contributions
traced back to prominent
Muslim scholars upon
whom much of today’s
Western civilisation
relies.
“The enthusiastic
response to the
exhibition's launch in
Manchester and
subsequent worldwide
requests for it to tour
globally are testament
to strong international
demand for this unique
exhibition. The extent
to which Muslims have
contributed to Western
Civilisation is not
generally well-known.
Yet these ancient
scholars from the
Islamic world gave us
many of the everyday
things we use today such
as coffee, soap and
clocks. This exhibition
shows that Muslims have
always shared the
heritage that provides a
platform for
developments that makes
the Western World tick,”
Professor Salim Al-Hassani,
Chairman of the FSTC,
said.
Hundreds of
distinguished academic,
political and business
leaders, attended the
exhibition's opening
ceremony, including HE
Professor Ekmellidin
Ihsanoglu,
Secretary-General of the
Organisation of Islamic
Countries; HRH Prince
Mohammed Bin Nawaf,
Saudi Arabia's
Ambassador to the U.K.;
the Lord Mayor of
Manchester, His Grace
Afzal Khan; and
Professor Salim Al-Hassani,
Chairman of exhibition
organisers the
Foundation for Science,
Technology and
Civilisation.
1001 Inventions
exhibition tackles seven
main zones: home,
school, market,
hospital, town, world
and universe, using a
range of multimedia,
including graphical
simulations, 3D
animations and
interactive replicas to
bring to life the
ingenious mechanical
devices and automatic
machines Muslim
scientists and inventors
presented.
The exhibition,
accompanied by
educational resources to
support schools and a
350 page full color
book, will visit Dubai
in late 2006 and then
visits other cities in
the region. |
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