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Maryam Ekhtiar Author & Editor

Maryam Ekhtiar is associate curator in the Department of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

How to Read Islamic Calligraphy cover

How to Read Islamic Calligraphy

Maryam Ekhtiar - Paperback

£19.95

Metropolitan Museum Journal, 2021 cover

Metropolitan Museum Journal, 2021

8 contributors - Paperback

£44.00

Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting cover

Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting

6 authors - Hardback

£75.00