1.0Twist Islamophobiahttps://twistislamophobia.org/enFundación de Cultura Islámicahttps://twistislamophobia.org/en/author/funci/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="u47W9vnvwY"><a href="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2026/10/06/orientalism-between-fact-and-fantasy/">Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2026/10/06/orientalism-between-fact-and-fantasy/embed/#?secret=u47W9vnvwY" width="600" height="338" title="“Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy” — Twist Islamophobia" data-secret="u47W9vnvwY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/osman-hamdi-bey-man-quran-MeisterDrucke.jpg12601078Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy is an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET) in New York, on view from June 12, 2026, to February 28, 2027. The exhibition explores the representation of “the East” in nineteenth-century art and the cultural exchanges between Europe and the Middle East. Introduction In ancient Rome, the Latin root of the word “Orient” denoted the direction of the rising sun—the east. The exhibition Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy explores notions of “the East” in the art of the nineteenth century, when globalism, shaped by colonialism and imperialism, fueled unprecedented encounters and exchanges in Europe and the Middle East. Modern forces, such as accelerated travel, rapid technological change, and shifting geopolitics, hastened connections between distant regions and different cultures: “soft power” mingled with “hard power.” The stories told in this exhibition unfold from Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt in 1798 and culminate in the paintings of the Ottoman polymath Osman Hamdi Bey at the turn of the twentieth century. Islamic artworks made their way to European dealers, collectors, international expositions, and museums, introducing a new visual language to artists, architects, and designers that transformed public and private spaces in the broader Atlantic world. Artists such as ...