The Louvre's New Islamic Galleries Bring Riches to Light - CAROL VOGEL

“This is the way the world has spoken about Islam, not only the religion but the civilization,” explained Sophie Makariou, the Louvre’s director of Islamic art, insisting that the name is not an oversimplification. “We were out to tell the history of these people. It’s as complicated as a textile. There are many different threads and a lot of different kinds of civilizations who built this world.” - The Louvre's New Islamic Galleries Bring Riches to Light - the museum
“The Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia.”