as-salamu ‘alaykum, I shot this short video with Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang master calligrapher at ISNA 2004, he shows us some of his artwork and calligaphy and explains how he fuses Chineses tradtional calligraphy with Arabic forms. The other voices are Zeshan Zafar and Aftab Malik as well as me. wa’as-salam Mas’ud www.masud.co.uk
as-salamu ‘alaykum, This is an excellent first hand account of the hypocricy of the strictly segregated Saudi society. It is quite disgusting to read about the behaviour of Saudi men (and even women!) even in such places as the haramain. The blog is called SAFspace: “One of the puzzles that arise out of the Muslim?s obsession with modesty is that in a rather subverse manner it breeds an over-sexualized, perverse society. Women wear the veil and stick close to home,…
as-salamu ‘alaykum, I was in our local Tesco’s supermarket one evening (post-tarawih), I was with my daughter as she was enjoying a ride on the Thomas the Tank engine kiddie ride next to the lottery booth/stand where you get your lottery ticket and pick your numbers and take the ticket over to the cashier. I noticed a Pakistani man in full shalwar kameez and a topi (skull cap) trundle over to the booth and start filling in the ticket. I…