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‘The mercy of God is near to those who do what is beautiful’
~ Al-Quran (7:56)


‘Have patience. God will not leave to waste the wage of those who do what is beautiful’
~ Al-Quran (11:115)


‘It is God who made the earth a fixed place for you, and heaven a building, and He formed you, made your forms beautiful, and provided you with pleasant things’
~ Al-Quran(40:64)


"He created the heavens and earth with Truth, formed you and made your forms beautiful and to Him is the homecoming" ~ Al-Quran (64:3)


“He made beautiful everything He created”
~Quran (32:7)


“Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty.”
~Sahīh Muslim (911)


“His is a veil of light. If He were to remove it, the glory of His countenance would ignite everything of Creation as He looks upon it.”
~Sahīh Muslim (179)


Let the beauty we love be what we do.
~Rumi

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Sunday, 27 November 2011

Mohammad Ehsai

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Twelve Lanterns for Granada (1996), Kamal Boullata

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Against the Wall, Laila Shawa

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Palestinian Embroidery

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Friday, 25 November 2011

Dubai Creekside, Beena Samuel

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Plate, Khaled Ben Slimane

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Labels: Pottery, Tunisia

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Calligraphy by Wissam Shawkat (2)

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Labels: Calligraphy, Dubai, Iraq

Oil Monoprint on Paper (2010), Bow Series, Said Adrus

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Labels: 21st Century, Art, Britain

Monday, 21 November 2011

Wave, Light Projection by Sara Choudhrey

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Labels: 21st Century, Art, Sculpture

Oil on Paperboard, Tahir Rizvi

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Labels: 21st Century, Art, Pakistan

Sehzade Masjid, Istanbul, Turkey

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Labels: 14th Century, Masjid, Ottoman, Turkey

Masjid Al-Azim, Melaka, Malaysia

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Labels: 20th Century, Malaysia, Masjid

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Heh (H) or Cat on a Chair, Parviz Tanavoli

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Labels: 20th Century, Iran, Metal, Sculpture

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Great Mosque, Touba, Senegal

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Labels: 20th Century, Masjid, Senegal

Abbasid Lustre Bowl

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Labels: 9th Century, Abbasid, Iraq, Pottery

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Mixed Media on Paper, Abdel Wahab M. Nour

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Labels: 21st Century, Art, Sudan

Qutb Minar, Delhi, India

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Labels: 10th Century, Calligraphy, India, Mughal

Callihraphy by Yelimane Fall

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Labels: Art, Calligraphy, Senegal

The Night Journey and Ascension, Ahmed Moustafa

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Labels: 21st Century, Art, Calligraphy, Egypt

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Handmade Ceramic Tiles, RN

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Labels: Britain, Ceramics, Crafts, Design

Allah Teardrop in Swarovski Crystal, by Nurjan.

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Labels: 21st Century, Britain, Calligraphy, Cyprus, Gems, Pakistan, Turkey

Sunset over the Masjed by Moslihh

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Labels: 21st Century, Art

Masjid Dhul Hulayfa, Saudi Arabia

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Alif by Madny Al Bakry

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Labels: Art, Calligraphy, Modern, Oman

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Rosewood, Ivory and Ebony Mimbar Doors, Cairo, Egypt

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Labels: 12th Century, Egypt, Woodwork

New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, NY Met Museum of Art

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Labels: Art, USA

Pen and Ink, Khaver Idrees

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