Comments on: Sad day for Arabic calligraphers http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michal http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-69668 Michal Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:09:36 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-69668 I came across this webpage looking for good Islamic calligraphy. I adore Arabic calligraphy and architecture , and when I lived in Jerusalem I went a lot to the old city looking for good Arabic calligraphy in mosques and just around the streets. looking at the external walls of the golden-dome mosque felt to me like God is talking in typographic shapes, no less. I am a Jewish-Israeli-Zionist typographer who finds inspiration in other cultures in the middle-east, and respects them a lot. I am sad to hear about Al-Zahawi's death, but even more sad to read that you relate it to a zionist plot against your culture. my greatest wish is that jews and Muslims finally realize how similar our traditions are and how much Hebrew and Arabic languages and scripts are alike. my thesis for the art academy I studied in was just about that, please check out my website, you'll see it. Jews and Muslims inspired one another for centuries, from Moorish Spain (until the reconcista, 1492) to the grand and prosperous Baghdad community (until the early 1950's) I believe that art and typography can bridge over hate, but this post almost changed my mind. I came across this webpage looking for good Islamic calligraphy. I adore Arabic calligraphy and architecture , and when I lived in Jerusalem I went a lot to the old city looking for good Arabic calligraphy in mosques and just around the streets. looking at the external walls of the golden-dome mosque felt to me like God is talking in typographic shapes, no less. I am a Jewish-Israeli-Zionist typographer who finds inspiration in other cultures in the middle-east, and respects them a lot. I am sad to hear about Al-Zahawi’s death, but even more sad to read that you relate it to a zionist plot against your culture. my greatest wish is that jews and Muslims finally realize how similar our traditions are and how much Hebrew and Arabic languages and scripts are alike. my thesis for the art academy I studied in was just about that, please check out my website, you’ll see it. Jews and Muslims inspired one another for centuries, from Moorish Spain (until the reconcista, 1492) to the grand and prosperous Baghdad community (until the early 1950’s) I believe that art and typography can bridge over hate, but this post almost changed my mind.

]]> By: The Ministry of Type http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68984 The Ministry of Type Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:56:28 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68984 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Reaction to his death on the “Road to Iraq” blog which is where the example of his work (at right) is from. Click the link for more, and larger versions. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> […] Reaction to his death on the “Road to Iraq” blog which is where the example of his work (at right) is from. Click the link for more, and larger versions. […]

]]> By: Khalil Al-zahawi Murdered - 50Plus Discussion Forums http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68786 Khalil Al-zahawi Murdered - 50Plus Discussion Forums Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:20:20 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68786 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] What a sad story this is. It reminds me of the annihilation of the Polish intelligencia under Stalin's orders. ...................................Baghdad art scene reels after slaying.Published May 28, 2007.BAGHDAD -- In what was left of Baghdad's art community, the murder felt like a priceless parchment ripped apart. Khalil al-Zahawi, the Iraqi artist who was one of the Arab world's most prominent calligraphers, had been shot to death on the steps of his home..Among Iraqis, Sunday's news of al-Zahawi's death last week was another cruel benchmark of loss. The grandfatherly calligrapher had influenced a generation of Middle Eastern artists from Egypt to Pakistan. His dedication to beauty had been an elegant counterpoint to the devastation of war.."It is a big sadness," said a quiet Haidar Rabia, professor of Arabic calligraphy at the Fine Arts Academy at the University of Baghdad. "Just as a father in a house brings blessings and takes care of his children, we calligraphers lost our father.".Al-Zahawi's most famous calligraphy was in the ta'liq method, the formal Arabic script of Iran, Pakistan and India and an art elsewhere. Iraq's calligraphers say it was a style al-Zahawi mastered and perhaps surpassed..In ta'liq, which means "hanging" in Arabic, letters appear to float above the page, anchored by their ends.The method is hundreds of years old, but after mastering it, al-Zahawi sought to alter the classic style. He lengthened the script until the letters seemed like words. He filled backgrounds with more writing, creating landscapes of flowing script. Other contemporary artists seized on the notion, and the ancient writing took a quantum leap into the realm of painting..http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...2&cset=truehttp://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-...-calligraphers/ [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> […] What a sad story this is. It reminds me of the annihilation of the Polish intelligencia under Stalin’s orders. .….….….….….….….……Baghdad art scene reels after slaying.Published May 28, 2007.BAGHDAD — In what was left of Baghdad’s art community, the murder felt like a priceless parchment ripped apart. Khalil al-Zahawi, the Iraqi artist who was one of the Arab world’s most prominent calligraphers, had been shot to death on the steps of his home..Among Iraqis, Sunday’s news of al-Zahawi’s death last week was another cruel benchmark of loss. The grandfatherly calligrapher had influenced a generation of Middle Eastern artists from Egypt to Pakistan. His dedication to beauty had been an elegant counterpoint to the devastation of war..“It is a big sadness,” said a quiet Haidar Rabia, professor of Arabic calligraphy at the Fine Arts Academy at the University of Baghdad. “Just as a father in a house brings blessings and takes care of his children, we calligraphers lost our father.”.Al-Zahawi’s most famous calligraphy was in the ta’liq method, the formal Arabic script of Iran, Pakistan and India and an art elsewhere. Iraq’s calligraphers say it was a style al-Zahawi mastered and perhaps surpassed..In ta’liq, which means “hanging” in Arabic, letters appear to float above the page, anchored by their ends.The method is hundreds of years old, but after mastering it, al-Zahawi sought to alter the classic style. He lengthened the script until the letters seemed like words. He filled backgrounds with more writing, creating landscapes of flowing script. Other contemporary artists seized on the notion, and the ancient writing took a quantum leap into the realm of painting..http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw…2&cset=truehttp://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-…-calligraphers/ […]

]]> By: jennifer http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68687 jennifer Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:02:54 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68687 sadly , world history is chock full of angry, hateful people wiping out art and beauty and culture in their senseless rampage to destroy. this is a sad example. i don't know that it's Bush's fault (Iraq has a unique history of violence and horrors) but he's an easy target for the frustration, that's for sure. sadly , world history is chock full of angry, hateful people wiping out art and beauty and culture in their senseless rampage to destroy. this is a sad example. i don’t know that it’s Bush’s fault (Iraq has a unique history of violence and horrors) but he’s an easy target for the frustration, that’s for sure.

]]> By: Heller Asagiri http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68646 Heller Asagiri Wed, 30 May 2007 15:47:40 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68646 Good God. I'm American, Protestant and I'm far more fond of Israel and her people than anything else within 1500 miles in any given direction. I don't have much sense for the aesthetic; I can't read Arabic, I've no eye for art. I only went looking for examples of his work for my friend, who loved it and, through it, came to respect him a great deal. News of his death hammered her; truth told, I'd like to hurt the people who did this myself. You mar his work by setting it down with such hate in your heart and mind. Good God. I’m American, Protestant and I’m far more fond of Israel and her people than anything else within 1500 miles in any given direction.

I don’t have much sense for the aesthetic; I can’t read Arabic, I’ve no eye for art. I only went looking for examples of his work for my friend, who loved it and, through it, came to respect him a great deal. News of his death hammered her; truth told, I’d like to hurt the people who did this myself.

You mar his work by setting it down with such hate in your heart and mind.

]]> By: Morocco Time » Blog Archive » Khalil al-Zahawi Murdered http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68642 Morocco Time » Blog Archive » Khalil al-Zahawi Murdered Tue, 29 May 2007 22:50:15 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68642 [...] More here. Picture of al-Zahawi working here. [...] […] More here. Picture of al-Zahawi working here. […]

]]> By: LadyBird http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68639 LadyBird Tue, 29 May 2007 20:00:58 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68639 O'Briain Why don't start with reading this http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7199.htm O’Briain

Why don’t start with reading this

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7199.htm

]]> By: O'Briain http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68638 O'Briain Tue, 29 May 2007 18:49:42 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68638 Why blame 'US-Zionist's when the truth is that Khalil al-Zahawi on only the latest Iraqi artist to be killed by the Iraqis themselves? Milita, Sunni or Shia, or mindless thug- all they value is greed and hate. They destroy even their communities by looting power cables and threatening rebuilding works. All they have achieved since the war is adapting to destruction, not rebuilding or creating. And by killing Khalil al-Zahawi they show that even culture, and art is valueless to them. Why blame ‘US-Zionist’s when the truth is that Khalil al-Zahawi on only the latest Iraqi artist to be killed by the Iraqis themselves? Milita, Sunni or Shia, or mindless thug– all they value is greed and hate. They destroy even their communities by looting power cables and threatening rebuilding works. All they have achieved since the war is adapting to destruction, not rebuilding or creating. And by killing Khalil al-Zahawi they show that even culture, and art is valueless to them.

]]> By: The Truth Laid Bear http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68636 The Truth Laid Bear Tue, 29 May 2007 14:33:13 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68636 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] managed to destroy the myth behind Israeli Merkava (Arabic: Markaba) tank. Google Video insideLinkSad day for Arabic calligraphersRoads to Iraq2007-05-28 06:40:57Below are few Al-Zahawi works from my collection, click on the image [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> […] managed to destroy the myth behind Israeli Merkava (Arabic: Markaba) tank. Google Video insideLinkSad day for Arabic calligraphersRoads to Iraq2007-05–28 06:40:57Below are few Al-Zahawi works from my collection, click on the image […]

]]> By: Sad day for Arabic calligraphers :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/comment-page-1/#comment-68635 Sad day for Arabic calligraphers :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it Tue, 29 May 2007 14:00:09 +0000 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/05/28/sad-day-for-arabic-calligraphers/#comment-68635 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Roads to Iraq [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> […] Roads to Iraq […]

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