Jay Bonner’s new book on Islamic geometric patterns is as dense and thick (595 pages) as the thorniest of textbooks, but the hundreds of illustrations and the immersion in this topic are simply ...

Techniques from the heart of Arab-Islamic cultural heritage are being learned by children and adults alike as Qatar Foundation (QF)’s Al Ghorrah for Literature and Arts continues to take people on a ...

For centuries, Islamic artists have adorned mosques and palaces with beautifully intricate recurring geometric patterns. Now, the founder of Abu Dhabi-based art studio Ibbini Studio, Julia Ibbini, is ...

The book has been translated into Persian by Zahra Zarghami. This book is the result of research into the nature and characteristics of Islamic paper, gleaned through the systematic analysis of over ...

Medieval Islamic artisans seem to have developed a procedure for creating jigsawlike mosaics that ultimately led them to an exotic pattern that mathematicians would discover nearly half a millennium ...

Show the average Westerner a page of abstract Arabic calligraphy and he’ll see nothing but squiggly lines. Show the same page to a devout Muslim and – literate or not – he may see the Word of God.