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they are from the khalili collections, which includes what s considered to be the largest and most significant group of objects relating to the cultural history of hajj. and its founder is sir david khalili. i didn t start collecting islamic art because it was islamic, because it was the most diverse group of art i ve ever seen. every piece had a message. but the story of hajj has never been told through the object that was produced culturally to honour the place. as you, i m not allowed to go to mecca medina, but through the experience of collecting objects for the last 50 years of my life, ifeel like i m there anyhow. i virtually feel the soul of the artists have produced these objects through their beliefs. now, an obvious way to share art is through digitisation. but for it to really work and notjust be 2 dimensional,

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