Date:
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Time:
08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
As part of Islam Awareness Week (March 12 - March 16, 2007), The Harvard Islamic Society Presents:
"Islamic Calligraphy"
An Ancient Tradition with a Modern Flare: the Art of Islamic Calligraphy HIS invites Malika Bey Rushdan, an Irish-American calligrapher, from New York City to exhibit and guide us through her "Modern Aged" exhibition. Influenced by Moroccan, African, Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures, her art fuses together colors and designs from around the Muslim world and is her way of expressing the diversity of differences contained therein.
Where: Emerson 305
Also throughout the week, watch out for:
- Call to Prayer on the steps of Widener, 1pm (Mon 3/12 - Thu 3/15)
- Book displays in the Coop and Harvard Book Store (Mon 3/12 - Fri 3/16)
- Open Halal Food Dinner Table, Prepared by the Adams House Head Chef, 6 PM (Thurs 3/15)
For a schedule of these and other Harvard Islamic Society events, please refer to
our google calendar.