Weekly cultural magazine
Cultural Papers
Iraqi books, theatre and art in half an hour
- Airs
- Wednesday, 11:30
- Rerun
- Rerun Thursday, 03:30
- Season
- Season 8
Mosul marble: the city's stone returns to its mihrabs and doorways
The episode visits the carving workshops that have revived Mosul's bluish-grey marble after years in which its quarries stood idle, and follows its use in restoring mihrabs, doorways and columns in the mosques of Old Mosul. It talks to a young sculptor and a professor of Islamic art about the beauty and symbolism of this stone.
About the programme
Cultural Papers
A weekly cultural magazine following new publications, exhibitions and the literary and art scene.
Half an hour a week with books, theatre, fine art and music. “Cultural Papers” visits exhibitions, publishing houses and Al-Mutanabbi Street, talks to young and veteran writers and artists, and ends each episode with reading recommendations for the week.
- Wednesday, 11:30
- Thursday, 03:30
- 30 minutes
- 2017
- Season 8
- Religion and culture
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Episodes of Cultural Papers
3 episodes available to watch in full, with a player that remembers where you left off.
