Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Samarkand will host the international forum "Central Asia - the center of Islamic art" in August.

It is noted that the international forum will be organized in cooperation with the Center for the Study of the History, Art and Culture of Islam, the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, as well as other ministries and departments. Sherzod Mamatov, head of the information service of the Imam Bukhari International Research Center, announced this at a briefing at AIMC.

Within the framework of the forum, an international conference, an exhibition, a festival of Islamic applied arts and a fair in the direction "History and culture of book science in Maverannahr: Islamic art - calligraphy, paper science and miniature" will be held.

In addition, in the last quarter of this year, an "Islamic art exhibition based on the works of Imam Bukhari" will be organized in Turkey.