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Nomadic Traces: Journeys of Arabian Scripts/

AbiFares, Huda Smitshuijzen هدى سميتسهوزن أبي فارس

Nomadic Traces: Journeys of Arabian Scripts/ علامات رحّالة: أسفار الخطوط العربية - Warehouse 421, Dubai; Khatt Foundation, Amsterdam; 2019 - 238p; 28x20cm

CONTENTS: --- Retracing our steps/ Faisal Al Hassan --- Nomadic traces: Journeys of Arabian scripts/ Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares --- Recovering a fuller Arab heritage/ Nasser Rabbat --- Writing within the material culture of Islam/ Venetia Porter --- Relevant Graphic Design: Communicating regional and cultural narratives/ Salem Al Qassimi --- Genealogical mapping of alphabetic writing systems of the Arab East/ Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares --- The Phoenician Script/ Ranim Al-Halaky --- The Aramaic Script/ Ranim Al Halaky --- The Musnad Script/ Afra Bin Dhaher --- The Palmyrene Script, Dina Khorchid & Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares --- The Nabatean Script/ Afra Bin Dhaher --- The Early Arabic Scripts/ Sheikha Bin Dhaher --- Bibliography .

Exhibition catalog. 16 March- 28 July 2019. Exhibited artists: Nasser Al Salem, Nadine Kanso, Milia Maroun, Margherita Abi Hanna, Sarah Alagroobi, Xeina AlMalki, Rasha Dakkak, Khalid Mezaina, Hamza Al Omari.


English; Arabic

9789948371946


N4390-5098 Visual Arts. Exhibitions
Scripts- Arabic
Scripts- Ancient

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