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FRAGMENTS OF SHARED HISTORY The link between Islam and Austria dates back a thousand years. When someone mentions "Austria", whats' the first thing that comes to mind? Is it Julie Andrews as the novice Catholic nun, Maria, with arms wide open singing: "The hills are alive?" in movie Sound Of Music? There is also an unknown fact about Austria, says junior curator at the Islamic Arts Museum (IAM), Siti Marina Mohd Maidin, in which Islam has influenced the Austrian cultural landscape , traditions and architecture. This is the subject of a historical documentary exhibition currently being held at the museum titled  OstarrichIslam: Islam In Austria. It's based on a German book, Ostarrichislam: Fragments Of 800 Years Of Shared History, published by Al Hamra and edited by Amena Shakir, Gernot Galib Stanfel dan Martin M. Weinberger. Relatively fluent in German, the 32-year-ole Siti Marina deciphers the book and explains several popular exhibits.