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Reading a New Translation of Rumi

by Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. April 10, 2022April 8, 2022

Translations of Rumi raise questions not only about faithfulness to the original but also who is or is not entitled to try their hand.

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Access Rare and Beautiful “Manuscripts of the Muslim World” via UPenn’s Digital Library

by Sarah Rose Sharp April 27, 2020April 28, 2020

The project offers over 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings that are “mostly unresearched.”

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The Challenges of Fashion in a Museum

by David Carrier November 17, 2018November 16, 2018

Contemporary Muslim Fashions is an exhibition that is also a major political statement, one that should provide support for multicultural tolerance and understanding.

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A Qur’an Transcribed by Hand Presents Parables of Contemporary American Life

by Abe Ahn February 23, 2016April 21, 2016

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — In the midst of growing Islamophobia in the US, artist Sandow Birk embarked on a nine-year project to transcribe and illustrate the entire Qur’an by hand.

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Oldest Fragment of Koran Found in UK Library

by Laura C. Mallonee July 22, 2015

A 1,370-year-old section of the Koran possibly dating back to the life of Mohammed has been discovered in central England.

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Revisiting an 18th-Century Illuminated Islamic Manuscript

by Julia Friedman April 13, 2015April 12, 2015

One benefit of digitization is the return to the public, if only virtually, of religious and cultural artifacts often long hidden in the collections of institutions far from their regions of origin.

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Five of the World’s Largest Religious Manuscripts, from Devil’s Bible to Buddhist Labyrinth

by Allison Meier March 17, 2015August 27, 2015

Marcel Proust may have written a novel over 4,000 pages long, but there are other books out there of goliath proportions not in their length, but their size.

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The Power of Luxury at the Metropolitan Museum

by Alice Lynn McMichael April 13, 2012April 18, 2012

The Met’s Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition is a treat for viewers who appreciate the ways that power and continuity are expressed in both luxury items and everyday objects.

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