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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Notre-Dame_Photo-by-Kirk-K.jpg800495“Stealing from the Saracens. How Islamic architecture shaped Europe”, the new book from Middle East cultural expert Diana Darke, delves on the influence exerted by the East in the development of the Gothic architecture, a style of art often linked to the European culture and heritage. Arab News attended the book-launch and highlights, throughout this article, some of the main features and reflections gathered by the authoress. Although the main point of this book is not something new and had already been noted, the book contributes to point out the blurring of frontiers between the East and the West, as well as the need for the West to acknowledge the impact and present the Islamic culture has had on its development. It is the architectural style that gave Europe some of its best-loved and most beautiful buildings, including the Duomo in Milan and Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. But a new book reveals how Gothic architecture — and many of the dramatic landmarks it inspired — were heavily influenced by Arab and Islamic cultures. “Stealing from the Saracens”, launched in London on Thursday (August 19th), details the debt that many iconic European buildings owe to Islamic and Arab design. Diana Darke, ...