Articles
CONTENT | Issue 7
- 1. Word of Editor-in-Chief
ISLAMIC ARTS MAGAZINE 07 - 2. Islamic Epigraphy (3/3)
INSCRIPTIONS FROM BiH - 3. An Interview with Reedah El-Saie, Director of Mica Gallery
MICA GALLERY: THE FIRST GALLERY TO SPECIALIZE IN MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ART IN THE UK - 4. Recent exhibition at Mica Gallery
‘FROM FACEBOOK TO NASSBOOK’ - 5. An interview with British designer Ruh al-’Alam
‘VISUAL DHIKR’ THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE DIVINE - 6. Online Book Review
Arabic Graffiti - 7. Intern’s corner
THE RÜSTEM PAŞA MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL - 8. Elvis Hajdarević and Velid Hodžić, two Bosnian master calligraphers
CONTEMPORARY TRADITION: A NEW APPROACH TO MOSQUE DECORATION - 9. Online Book Review
CULTURAL CONNECTIVES - 10. An Interview with Nadia Janjua of Muslim Women in the Arts (MWIA)
MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE ARTS (MWIA) - 11. A country with a rich Islamic tradition
MOROCCO - THE KEEPER OF THE GIBRALTAR DOOR - 12. Interview with famous Bosnian artist Džeko Hodžić
“I AM NOT INVOLVED IN VISUAL ART, I’M LIVING IT” - 13. Online Book Review
A PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE HAJJ - 14. An interview with Mohammed Amin
LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW… GET STYLIN! - 15. An Interview with Turkish artist Mustafa Nazif Duran
MIXED MEDIA INSPIRATION: MEET DURAN, A CALLIGRAPHER, DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND POET - 16. The Museum of Sarajevo
THE GUARDIAN OF HISTORY - 17. Online Book Review
ISLAMIC ART & VISUAL CULTURE - 18. An interview with Issam Nabulsi and Khalid Bouden, directors of Desypher Architecture
BUILDING COMMUNITIES UNDER THE THEMES OF APPROACHABILITY, PARTICIPATION AND INCALCULATING RESPECT
Online Book Review
A PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE HAJJ
The book "A Photographer on the Hajj" presents one of the earliest visual records of the Hajj and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Photographs were taken by Muhammad 'Ali Effendi Sa'udi (1904/1908), a civil servant and accomplished photographer.
His story of these journeys combines the thoughts of a devout Muslim with fine detail on the hardships and health hazards facing pilgrims, the high-level intrigues, and the ever-present dangers of taking photographs. The authors Farid Kioumgi and Robert Grahamhave compressed the diaries into a highly readable narrative with selected quotations, lavishly illustrated with Sa‘udi’s remarkable photographs.The book gives an interesting view of what a pilgrimage and a journey to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina looked like at the beginning of 20th century. The photos by Muhammad ‘Ali Effendi Sa’udi are an amazing document of that time. The book is beautifully designed by Andrea EL-Akshar.
About the authors of the book
Farid Kioumgi is a specialist on literature and travel to the Middle East, including historical documents, lithographs, and nineteenth-century photographs.
Robert Graham is currently a freelance writer living in Paris and southern Spain. In 2004 he was awarded the OBE for services to journalism.
The rest of the article you can read in the magazine.