Prisse d’Avennes – A Portrait
Prisse d’Avennes: British by blood, French by birth, Muslim by choice, scholar by avocation. Emile Prisse d’Avennes (1807–1879), a French Orientalist, author and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th century Egyptologists. An…
The Life of Rumi
Jalaluddin Rumi Jalaluddin Rumi, better known simply as Rumi, was perhaps the finest Persian poet of all time and a great influence on Muslim writing and culture. His poetry is still well known…
From the Pen of a Master
Calligraphy is the supreme art form of the Islamic world; even the other Islamic arts – architecture, metal work, ceramics, glass and textiles – draw on calligraphy as their principal source of embellishment. This…
Peter Gould’s Contemporary Islamic Design & Artwork
Australian designer Peter Gould explores contemporary graphic design, digital art, photography and the rich visual & spiritual traditions of Islam. Peter embraced Islam in 2002 while studying Design at the University of Technology,…
Remembering Oleg Graber (1929-2011)
DISTINGUISHED AND BRILLIANT SCHOLAR, PIONEER IN THE STUDY OF THE VISUAL CULTURE OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD, EXEMPLARY MENTOR, AND BELOVED PROFESSOR OLEG GRABAR, professor emeritus of the School of Historical Studies at the…
