Painting Poetry, Daisy Rockwell
Daisy Rockwell is a painter and translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, living in northern New England. She paints under the takhallus,...
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Arabic Calligraphy & Heritage, Shazia Daud
Shazia Daud is a Islamic artist and traditionally trained calligrapher. As a mother of two young children, Shazia tries to utilise the...
Reimagining Cities, Ali Yaycıoğlu
Ali Yaycıoğlu is a historian and artist living in Palo Alto, California and Istanbul. He is professor of Ottoman History at Stanford...
Persian Patterns, Marzieh Kaviani
Marzieh Kaviani is an Iranian artist based in Shiraz. She has a background in biology and always been passionate about art. Along with...
Preserving Palestine: The Art of Islamic Pattern, Tasneem Afaneh
Tasneem Afaneh is a Palestinian self-taught artist who lives in Jerusalem. Although she received a bachelors degree in computer...
Stitching Connections, Natalie Fisher
Natalie Fisher is a self-taught needlepoint artist from Sydney, Australia. Her work has been exhibited in traditonal galleries and...
Sacred Geometry, Sara Mir
Born in Pakistan, raised in the Middle East and having lived and worked in North America and Europe throughout her life, Sara Mir...
The Future of Kufi, Joumana Medlej
Joumana Medlej is a British-Lebanese artist best known for her work with early Arabic calligraphy: the ”Kufi" scripts. Her deep...
The Art of Glass, Samra Bashir
Samra Bashir is a Pakistani artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work, which is influenced by traditional Islamic patterns and designs...
Creating Islamic Pattern, Lieve Oudejans
Lieve Oudejans was born and raised in the Netherlands where she works as a PhD student in the field of cancer biology. During her...
Art and Spirituality, Mohammad Abdul Aziz
British artist Mohammad Abdul Aziz is a scholar in Islamic sciences, theology and jurisprudence. The initial stage of his Islamic studies...
Connecting Cultures, Marido Coulon
Marido Coulon is a French artist from Normandy and she is currently travelling all around the world from a boat. What an adventurer!...
Contemporary Tradition, Geetanjali Pande
Geetanjali Pande is an Indian artist, whose work is inspired by Mughal art and architecture. Through an exploration of pattern,...
Redefining Wood, Reinout Engel
Reinout Engel is a Belgium based artist who explores the fabric of Islamic geometry. Driven by the desire to absorb as much associated...
Contemporary Geometry, Burhanuddin Ratlamwala
Since childhood Burhanuddin Ratlamwala had a curiosity about geometry. He was fascinated by the shapes and complex symmetries. Back then,...
Leading Islamic Geometric Pattern, Eric Broug
Eric Broug, originally from the Netherlands and currently living in the United Kingdom, is one of the world’s leading experts in Islamic...
Calligraform, Wissam Shawkat
Wissam Shawkat is an artist of Arabic calligraphy. Born in Basra, Iraq, he was first introduced to Arabic calligraphy at the age of 10 by...
Aesthetic Beauty, Ayesha Gamiet
Ayesha Gamiet is an artist, illustrator and art educator, living and working in the South East of England. Her work is inspired by...
Deconstructing Calligraphy, Sasan Nasernia
Born in Tehran, Sasan Nasernia began his career primarily as a calligrapher and typography artist. Exploring different avenues in Persian...
Reimagining Geometry, Nima Nabavi
Nima Nabavi is a self-taught Iranian-American artist who was raised in the United Arab Emirates. Even though he received his...
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