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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Say ‘Islamic art’ and what may come to mind is some geometric pattern you’ve seen on a mosque wall or a centuries-old Quran folio in a museum. But a global network of educators, artists, and curators are bringing works of Arabic-script calligraphy, tezhip (or manuscript illumination), ceramics and more, to buyers of art as well as to students who want to pick up artistic practice for themselves. “Muslims don’t necessarily know the richness of our heritage. Out of not knowing, people are drawn to it.” Samira Mian is a practitioner of Islamic geometry who teaches online and in the UK; she also m…