Since 1998 Sharjah has been holding an annual Islamic Arts Festival at the Sharjah Art Museum. The 2014-2015 festival was inaugurated on December 17 2014.
Sharjah was declared the Islamic Culture Capital for the Arabian region for 2014 in view of the state’s rich cultural heritage. Holding an Islamic Art Festival is part of an established tradition in Sharjah which has always maintained and preserved its rich Islamic cultural heritage.
The Islamic Art Festival “stresses that Islamic art is a living, breathing art that has evolved along the years and gave prominence to the civilized aspect of Islamic identity through its aesthetic manifestations, which gave an added value to global artistic achievements.”
