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Library of Congress: Arabic script calligraphy

Posted on February 13, 2015 by lampfall40

256px-US-LibraryOfCongress-BookLogo.svgHere is a short curated video from the Library of Congress about Arabic script calligraphy.

A search for Arabic calligraphy also returns over 200 examples of Arabic calligraphy in images, artifacts, poetry, and literature excerpts from around the world.

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Video: Reading of Ajaami account of colonial encounter by Fallou Ngom

Posted on December 21, 2014 by lampfall40
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Yelimane Fall: ‘african arts’ vol. 47

Posted on July 20, 2014 by lampfall40

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A wonderful article about Yelimane Fall’s work as an artist, healer, and community activist, written by Cynthia Becker and Alex Zito, in the summer 2014 volume of the journal african arts. (click here to read the article)

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My Writing is the True Miracle

Posted on May 26, 2013 by lampfall40

Jerejef Serign Touba!
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 35in x 27in acrylic on paper

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Recent Posts

  • 2024/2025 Fundraising Letter
  • New Mexico Retreat, OCTOBER 2024
  • 2023 Al Burda Award & Exhibition
  • Centre for Arabic Calligraphy in Nigeria, West Africa
  • 2022/23 Acquisitions
  • Baay Yelimane Fall 1953-2019
  • Bamba Mos Xam (Bamba, The Taste of Knowledge)
  • The Paintings of Yelimane Fall: Community, Literacy, and Activism in Islam
  • Exhibition: Magal juli geej gi & magal ñaari raaka
  • Institut du Monde Arabe exhibition – Islamic Treasures of Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar

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