The curls and swirls of Islamic calligraphy are inherently alluring, and as each individual object catches your eye, you are led on and around the spaces.
Bait Al Naboodah was one of the largest houses in Sharjah at the turn of the 20th century, and was clearly both comfortable and grand. The Museum presents stories of the pearl merchant Al Naboodah’s life and work against the backdrop of an old Gulf town on its way to modernity.
YSL was the essence of the debonair, modern, quintessentially French, fashion designer. He may have seemed the quintessential Left Bank cool guy, but he was born and grew up in Tangier, Algeria. This Museum brings all these elements together.
