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Mohamed Zakariya

Author of God Is Beautiful and Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture

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Includes the names: Mohamed Zakariya, Mohamed Zakariya, Mohamed U Zakariya, Muhammad Zakariya„

Works by Mohamed Zakariya

God Is Beautiful and Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture (2013) — Author — 12 copies

Doors of the Kingdom (1999) — Calligrapher — 11 copies

Music for the Eyes: An Introduction to Islamic and Ottoman Calligraphy (1998) 7 copies

The calligraphy of Islam: Reflections on the state of the art (1979) 7 copies

Mohamed Zakariya: A 21st century Master Calligrapher (2022) — Artist — 2 copies

The virtues of Salat: An English Translation of Fazail-I-Namaz [a book in Urdu] (1966) 2 copies

A Brief Look at Some Alphabets 1 copy

Mohamed Zakariya: Islamic Calligrapher (2006) 1 copy

An Eloquent Eye (2011) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Study Quran (2015) — Calligraphy — 362 copies, 1 review

Calliope: The Quran (2003) — Contributor — 3 copies

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/Art and society - Islamic countries - Congresses/ (1) /Islamic art objects - Congresses/ (1) /Qatar Collection/ (1) 2017 (1) alphabets (1) ALPHAN ALPHABETS (1) Arabic (2) art (4) Art Calligraphy Arabic (1) Art Calligraphy Islam (1) Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art - Doha (1) calligraphy (3) catalogue (1) Decorative arts. Applied arts. Decoration and ornament—Other arts and art industries—Alphabets. Calligraphy. Initials—Non-Roman—Special alphabets. characters. scripts. etc.—Islamic (1) exhibition catalogue (1) Instructional and/or Educational (1) Islam (2) Islamic art (2) MFA (1) multicultural (1) multicultural ALPHABETS (1) Museum of Islamic Art - Doha (1) religion (1) Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar - Doha (1) متحف الفن الإسلامي - Doha (1)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1942
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Ventura, California, USA
Places of residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
Morocco
Istanbul, Turkey
London, England, UK
Vermont, USA
Occupations: calligrapher
Organizations: Research Center for Islamic Art, History, and Culture (IRCICA)
Selam-i Ali Cami
Awards and honors: United States Postal Service commemorative stamp (Eid al-Fitr)
United States Postal Service commemorative stamp (Eid al-Adha)

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Michael Franses Author

Elanor Sims Author

Jonathan Bloom Editor

Julia Gonnella Author

Oliver Watson Author

John Seyller Author

Kjeld von Folsach Author

François Déroche Author

Calliope magazine

Joseph H. Seipel Foreword

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Works: 9
Also by: 2
Members: 44
Popularity: #346,250
Rating: ½ 4.6

ISBNs: 6
Languages: 2

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