Tag Archives: Muslims

Ramadan, Eid prayers and the Museum

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Faith Fashion Fusion Eid prayers at Lakemba -

From the end of this week until August 19 is Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. During this time, Muslims fast every day… More

Faith, fashion, fusion: Nuri Siregar

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Nuri Siregar at opening of Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women's style in Australia exhibition.

Meet Nuri Siregar. Nuri was one of the participants in the street scene photographic shoots we did for the Faith, fashion, fusion exhibition. Nuri, of Indonesian background,… More

Faith, fashion, fusion: Sarah Chaabo

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Faith Fashion Fusion Eid prayers at Lakemba - Sarah Chaabo, Melanie Pitkin and Marinco Kojdanovski Muslim women wearing hijabs, headscarves and tr...

During the course of developing the Faith, fashion, fusion exhibition, we interviewed many Muslim women out and about on the streets of Sydney about their faith… More

Faith, fashion, fusion: Baraka

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women's style in Australia. Studio fashion shoot with model Courtney Chircop wearing cloths from Baraka. Left to rig...

Kath Fry (pictured far left) and Eisha Saleh (far right) are business partners in the modest fashion label baraka, which in 2009 won Muslim Business of the Year.… More

Faith, fashion, fusion: Integrity Boutique

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women's style in Australia. Howayda Moussaand Henadi Chehab inside Integrity Boutique.

Pictured here are sisters Howayda Moussa (left) and Hanadi Chehab (right) of Integrity Boutique, founded in January 2010. Howayda and Hanadi design and retail modest evening… More

Amina in our photo booth series #3: are you what you wear?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

We had a wonderful surprise the other day when Amina Elshafei from Masterchef visited the Faith, fashion, fusion exhibition. Amina is pictured here interacting with our… More

Faith, fashion, fusion: Fay Tellaoui

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Meet Fay Tellaoui (on the left). Fay is the owner, director and designer for her self-named label Fay Tellaoui Modern Islamic Designs. Fay’s experience of… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.