that relate to [his art]. Practice awakens the knowledge gradually stored up in the body and releases the expression of a myriad of nuances. [Calligraphic] codes serve to control the internal excitement and prevent his feelings from overflowing... but the calligrapher must pass beyond these set rules. To achieve his aim, he must first conform to these restrictions, and then go beyond them. This is because a true calligraphic composition must contain something indefinable, something elusive and powerful that takes it beyond the rules. Writer and illustrator: Calligraphies of the Desert, Saqi Books Calligraphies of Love, Saqi Books The Calligrapher's Garden, Saqi Books Calligraphie arabe vivante, Flammarion Désir d'envol, une vie en calligraphie, Albin Michel Sinbad le marin, trois voyages, Alternatives Si loin de l'Euphrate, Albin Michel L'ABCdaire de la calligraphie arabe, Flammarion Calligraphies d'amour, Albin Michel Le chemin d'un calligraphe, Phébus Hassan Massoudy calligraphe, Flammarion Illustrator: Le vin, le vent, la vie, choix de poèmes, Actes Sud L'histoire de Gilgamesh, Alternatives Toi, mon infinitude, Albin Michel Calligraphie pour l'homme, Alternatives Écrire la paix, une calligraphie arabe de la paix, Le Pouce Et L'Index L'harmonie parfaite d'Ibn ´Arabî, Albin Michel Calligraphie du désert, Alternatives Les quatrains de Rûmi, Albin Michel Le voyage des oiseaux, Alternatives La guerre sainte suprême de l'islam arabe, Fata Morgana Calligraphie de terre, Alternatives Le jardin perdu, Alternatives Antara, le poète du désert, 525-615, Alternatives Jouer à écrire en arabe - Graphisme, Concentration, Réflexion, Retz L'exil, extraits de "Consolation à Helvia, ma mère", Alternatives Un suspens de cristal, Fata Morgana Récit de l'exil occidental, Fata Morgana Le passant d'Orphalese extraits du livre "Le prophète", Syros Le vin, le vent, la vie, Sindbad Le Conte des conteurs, La Découverte Translation: La voix de Schéhérazade, Fata Morgana See also Islamic calligraphy Islamic art List of Iraqi artists References 1944 births 20th-century calligraphers 20th-century Iraqi painters 21st-century Iraqi painters 21st-century sculptors Abstract painters Artists from Baghdad French artists French people of Iraqi descent Iraqi calligraphers Iraqi contemporary artists Living people People from Najaf