La, Kalla, Wa Lau – This is a trio.
Recalls samples of poetry which rejects domination by big powers as much as it rejects acts of terrorism by individuals, states or invading armies as much as it condemns corruption, environmental and cultural abuses.
Lines of poetry expressing in ge neral [...]
The artworks featured in this article are ‘Noon Arockaa’ held in a foreign Embassy in Bahrain and ‘The Letter Ain: Motion in Four Dimensions (1991) is held in the collection of the Artist.
Dr James W Allan is the Keeper of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
An exhibition of the works of a contemporary Arab [...]
A.L.M. Abdul Gafoor, Wednesday 8 March 1995
This article is actually Chapter 4 of the book, Interest-free Commercial Banking, by Professor A.L.M. Abdul Gafoor, 1995)
4.0 Introduction
Modern banking system was introduced into the Muslim countries at a time when they were politically and economically at a low ebb, in the late [...]
This is one of a group of seven paintings that celebrates the Seven Odes of Arabic poetry, al muallaqat as sabaa or Prize Poems, which enjoy a special place in Arabic literature due to their power of eloquence and historic relevance.
When a poem was judged to be exceptional, it was embroidered [...]
Abu Tammam is one of the most excellent of Arab poets, he lived during the Abbasid time and he was known for his innovation in Arabic poetry and literature as he brought rich colour and added new tones of musical expression in it.
In this piece is a variety of these [...]
This artwork is about the fluid-ability of the Arabic language letter forms, their flexibility and connect-ability between what is static and what is motional in a river of harmonious colours and tranquillity.
The artwork was produced in 1989, acrylics and inks on paper and its size is approximately [...]
These are the letters seen, sheen, Ssadd and dhad in a form where the structure of the artwork is held tightly by the composition structures.
The poetry is by Al Motannabbi who says:
Before a merit can be given to physical courage, there is the first and foremost which is [...]
Al Motannabbi is one of the few poets in Arabic Literature where people recall poetry in its absolute meaning when they hear his name. Even though Arabic literature is rich with thousands of highly important poets who affected the human spirits with their power of beauty in their poetic expression throughout history. [...]
