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Bernard O'Kane
- Position: Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture
- Department: Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations
- Email: [email protected]
Brief Biography
Bernard O'Kane is a professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at The American University in Cairo, where he has been teaching since 1980. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. He has authored several books including The Mosques of Egypt, The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Timurid Architecture in Khurasan and Mosques: the 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship. O’Kane is also an avid photographer. He recently directed the creation of the The Monumental Inscriptions of Cairo database featuring searchable and translated transcriptions of epigraphy on Cairo’s historic monuments.
Research Interest
- Iranian art and architecture
- Egyptian Islamic art and architecture
- Islamic epigraphy
- Islamic tilework
Awards
- Awarded World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2024.