Islamic Arts Feature: Pick of the Week 2/27/10
Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.org’s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group.
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Iqra - Tempera paint on bristol, Cubism piece, by aLeeNa
We pray by land or by sea, by bintarshad. Taken during a boat wedding down the Detroit river, between the border of US & Canada.
The following images were recently featured on The Platform – a new blog from the Muslim Council of Britain's Youth Committee.
From the post: The Connections: A Selection from Works of Fine Art:
Al Ghaniy, by Iythar
From the post: Crossing Cultural Bridges:
Shajhan Siraj and his brother push boats through low tide into the sea. The boats are filled with fresh water which they have collected inland. It takes the brothers up to three hours to make the journey each day. Datinakhali, Sathkhira, 2009. By Munem Wasif.
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Mehzabeen (iMuslim) is a UK born n' bred sister of Gujarati Indian descent. She has spent a good chunk of her life trying to scrape together a formal education in the Biological Sciences, and in 2008, was awarded a doctorate for research conducted at Imperial College London, masha'Allah. Her interests include all things Apple Mac, all things chocolate-based, and all things Islam (not necessarily in that particular order). Other online projects include iMuslim.tv, SignLabs.org, and the Muslim Bloggers Directory.
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