French embassy celebrates Mughal arts in ‘Night of Ideas’
National
February 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The French Embassy concluded on Thursday the online 2021 edition of the Night of Ideas highlighting the Mughal history, culture and arts and featuring two dance and music performances by Arieb Azhar and Khanzada Asfandyar Khattak, in collaboration with ThinkFest Pakistan, and Alliance Française Pakistan, with the support of Black box Sounds.
According to the French Embassy, the 2021 edition of the Night of Ideas (La Nuit des idées) took place with an online panel discussion dwelling into Mughal history, culture and arts, and to reflect on one of the first waves of global connections unleashed by the Mughals.
French Embassy celebrates Mughal arts in Night of Ideas
National February 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The French Embassy concluded on Thursday the online 2021 edition of the Night of Ideas highlighting the Mughal history, culture and arts and featuring two dance and music performances by Arieb Azhar and Khanzada Asfandyar Khattak, in collaboration with ThinkFest Pakistan, and Alliance Française Pakistan, with the support of Black box Sounds.
According to the French Embassy, the 2021 edition of the Night of Ideas (La Nuit des idées) took place with an online panel discussion dwelling into Mughal history, culture and arts, and to reflect on one of the first waves of global connections unleashed by the Mughals.
Online panel discussion on Mughal history, culture
Islamabad
January 30, 2021
Islamabad : The embassy of France in Pakistan along with Thinkfest, Pakistan, has organised a live, online panel discussion on Mughal history and culture, featuring music and dance tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm. In a world marked by rising populism and nationalism and where the COVID-19 pandemic has severely constrained domestic and international travel, the panel will seek to update our own perspective by learning from those of travellers and denizens of the Mughal Empire.
This panel discussion is an invitation to travel in Mughal times. It will seek to reflect on one of the first waves of global connections unleashed by the Mughals; highlight how contact with diverse cultures and faiths within the Mughal empire, and with other territories, affected the Mughal dynasty’s self-identity; underline how this dialogue across cultures were reflected in arts, particularly music and dance and seek to understan