{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AupPnfxU95\"><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=AupPnfxU95\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"AupPnfxU95\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/osman-hamdi-bey-man-quran-MeisterDrucke.jpg","thumbnail_width":1260,"thumbnail_height":1078,"description":"Orientalism: 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 \u201cthe East\u201d in nineteenth-century art and the cultural exchanges between Europe and the Middle East. Introduction In ancient Rome, the Latin root of the word \u201cOrient\u201d denoted the direction of the rising sun\u2014the east. The exhibition Orientalism:\u00a0Between\u00a0Fact and Fantasy explores notions of \u201cthe East\u201d 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: \u201csoft power\u201d mingled with \u201chard power.\u201d The stories told in this exhibition unfold from Napoleon\u2019s 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 ..."}