The word tarīqah in Arabic translates into English as a pathway or route. In addition to its more literal reference as a physical path leading to a destination, tarīqah can also be used to describe a method to achieve a particular result. References to tarīqah often appear in Islamic tradition to describe an individual’s inner spiritual journey. This exhibition showcases artists whose journeys of invention concentrate on the different ways of viewing and referencing Islamic tradition.

La Ana Illa Ana (There Is No ‘I’ But ‘I’), Kamal Boullata, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Al-Alif wa-l-Ya, Kamal Boullata, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Al-Zahir Al-Batin (The Manifest, The Hidden), Kamal Boullata, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Fi-l Bid Kan-al-Kalima (In the Beginning was The Word), Kamal Boullata, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Lam Alif, Kamal Boullata, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Self Melt, Diana Al-Hadid, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Diana Al-Hadid, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Omar El Nagdi, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Chafic Abboud, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Sans toi, ni moi ou l'hallucination nostalgique, Rachid Koraichi, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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The Seventh Ode, Ali Omar Ermes, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Imperatives of the Letter Lam, Ali Omar Ermes, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Iqra'a, Yousef Ahmed, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Lulwah Al-Homoud, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Lulwah Al-Homoud, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Lulwah Al-Homoud, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Ezkor Rabbak Eza Nasayt, Jamil Hamoudi, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Nun, Ali Hassan, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Hassan Massoudy, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Hassan Massoudy, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Wall #1, Shakir Hassan Al Said, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Untitled, Shakir Hassan Al-Said, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Baraka, Samir Sayegh, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Jala Aidun (Evacuation, We Will Return), Shakir Hassan Al Said, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Variations of the Horizon No. 5, Raffa Nasiri, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Basmala II, Mohamed Mandi, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Basmala, Mohamed Mandi, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Al Hamdulillah, Mohamed Mandi, From the collection of: Barjeel Art Foundation
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Curator: Mandy Merzaban

Assistant Curator: Suheyla Takesh

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The story featured may in some cases have been created by an independent third party and may not always represent the views of the institutions, listed below, who have supplied the content.

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