Audio Guide
 

 

Living Under the Crescent Moon
Domestic Culture in the Arab World
22 March - 21 May 2007

Instructions for Downloading
To download these audio files, click on the "Tracks" link (or control-click on a Mac) and select "Save Target As…" (or "Download Linked File" on a Mac) to save the file to your hard drive. There are 5 tracks for you to choose from. We recommend that you download Track 1 and choose the other tracks that you would like to listen to during your visit to the exhibition. Load the files onto your portable MP3 player, print out the page below, and bring both on your next visit to The National Museum of Singapore.

 

Track 1 Introduction
Track 2 Highlight 1
  Bedouin tent, Warqa tribe, Iraq, 20th century
Track 3 Highlight 2
  Village house (Beehive House), Tyara, Syria
Track 4 Highlight 3
  Circular house, Wadi Dhar near Sanaa, Yemen
Track 5 Highlight 4
  Hassan Fathy, Fathy House, Sidi Krier, Egypt, 1971-4
   

 

Images from the Arab World
28 March - 22 April 2007

Instructions for Downloading
To download these audio files, click on the "Tracks" link (or control-click on a Mac) and select "Save Target As…" (or "Download Linked File" on a Mac) to save the file to your hard drive. There are 5 tracks for you to choose from. We recommend that you download Track 1 and choose the other tracks that you would like to listen to during your visit to the exhibition. Load the files onto your portable MP3 player, print out the page below, and bring both on your next visit to The National Museum of Singapore.

 

Track 1 Introduction
Track 2 Highlight 1
  Reem Al Faisal, Saudi Arabia, The Hajj (2000-2003)
Track 3 Highlight 2
  Nabil Boutros, Egypt / France, Copts of Egypt (1997-2003)
Track 4 Highlight 3
  Hala Elkoussy, Egypt, (Re)construction (2003)
Track 5 Highlight 4
  Lalla Essaydi, Morocco/United States, Converging Territories (2003-2004)