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Two years after the fall of Ben Ali, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki tells FRANCE 24 how the country has accomplished "two absolutely extraordinary things": a mental and a political revolution. He also justifies his alliance with Islamist party Ennahda, saying Tunisia seeks consensus to avoid civil war.
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Vanesa Burgraf did a really masterful job in interviewing Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, and she is really beautiful.
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This target course has very large cedar trees lining its fairways and water coming into play on eight holes. Shot accuracy is at a premium in order to hit the very small greens. The most difficult hole is #2, a 435-yard, par 4, requiring a well-placed tee shot up a dogleg right fairway in order to have a clear approach shot to a well-bunkered green that slopes from back to front. Robert Muir Graves redesigned the original holes in 1988.
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Holes: 18 | Greens: Bent Grass | Fairways: Bluegrass |
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Course Type: | public |
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Ridiculous Golf Marshall, Jul 29, 2010 |
reviewer: Johnny Pergo
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This is a beautiful course, though it is impossible to play without losing a few balls to the scrub and water. However, there is a full-time marshall there, "Mike", who is an inconsiderate control freak with poor communication and people skills. We have stopped playing there as a result. I did hear from a fellow golfer that he has been "let go," so perhaps we'll give the Cedars another try, because I do love the natural openness of this course! |
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Playing at The Cedars, Nov 28, 2008 |
reviewer: Doug Arndt
from Battle Ground |
Very scenic course with friendly staff and reasonable fees. It has challenging holes with lots of trees, water and roughs. Front 9 is playable all year but tough to play the back 9 in the winter as the fairways get very soggy. |
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Challange Factor at 8, Mar 23, 2008 |
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This is an Awesome course. It sets up well for most golfers with a high risk/reward layout. The course could be played tee to green with a 5 iron at par. Each hole sets up different than the last and is very challenging. |
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Cedars is a nice course, Mar 12, 2008 |
reviewer: Doug Arndt
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Very beautiful and interesting course most of the year. Very wet and sloppy in the winter;esp the back nine. Can be challenging with water hazards and nasty roughs. Nice chipping and putting greens. Staff is friendly though course marshall can be a grump! |
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Cedars new ownership turnaround!, Jan 01, 2008 |
reviewer: Hendrik Sharples
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Always the most interesting layout of the Portland area golf courses (the affordable ones, anyway) the new ownership has done a lot to bring this course up to its potential. The course will eat bad golfers for lunch, but if you don't bite off too much it is a very enjoyable and challenging layout. |
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New Owners, May 23, 2007 |
reviewer: Andy
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Ignore most of what you read in the following reviews. The course has new owners and they have addressed most of what the complaints are. yes bring extra balls. The course is in great shape and a beautiful walk. |
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Cedars Golf Course, Jul 01, 2004 |
reviewer: David
from Battle Ground, WA |
I've played many courses, but if you can do well on this course, you can play anywhere. It is not the greatest course to play during the winter or early spring due to water retention. You may want to bring a few extra balls, if it is your first time, due to trees, water and high grass. It is a pretty and quiet course. Number 9 is very challenging going across water and then up a very steep hill. Due to the challenge of this course, I will continue to play it. |
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Bring Extra Balls, May 22, 2004 |
reviewer: B.Murphy
from Battle Ground, Wa. |
Cedars is a great track and a challenge. The "once a month player" should not play Cedars. Cedars' management has recently put some extra time and money into the overall upkeep...however...some greens still need work (#2,#6, #11). If you can par #9 (par 5)...you'll feel like you've accomplished quite a bit in your golf game! |
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I'm no longer a teenberry, as I turned 20 in March but I definitely want kids. I'm almost done with my second year of college. I'm majoring in psychology (with a minor in Special Populations if possible). I want to be a school psychologist. My uni has a really great school psychology program, so hopefully I'll get in a few years.
The way it's looking now, I have 3 more years of undergrad, then 3 years of the master's program. So I'll be 26 when I'm DONE. Hopefully I'll have somebody at that point, and I'd like to have a baby at 28ish. I'd have a few years of field experience but also be young and have enough energy to work and keep up with a toddler. I'd consider having a second bio kid but it isn't a must.
I would really like to adopt out of the foster care system once my bio kid(s) is out of the terrible toddler stage. I have a feeling I may only want to do the baby thing once. I did the puppy thing once and never again, lol. I love my dog, but his puppy stage was a nightmare. Anyway, there are so many kids in foster care that need permanent homes.Proud furmom to:
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I'm Kat, 21 and from the UK. I'm half way through my Midwifery degree which I'm loving and hating in equal measure currently (love working with the women, can't stand writing the essays!). I'm with my lovely partner but we won't be having kids at least until we're graduated and married, if not a bit longer. Until then we're going to settle for a couple of rabbits which we're, hopefully, going to adopt soon
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Detroit residents, workers take 3-minute turns venting to judge at bankruptcy hearingBy Bloomberg News
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Bankrupt Metavation acquired by Troy-based Dayco ProductsBy Dustin Walsh
Correction appendedTroy-based Dayco Products LLC announced Monday the acquisitions of bankrupt Southfield-based automotive damper manufacturer Metavation LLC and assets from Eptec SA de CV. Dayco, the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy auction process, acquired the assets for $25.1 million, according to a filing in bankruptcy court. The deal provides Dayco with Metavation's office space in Southfield, its research and development center in Hillsdale and plants in Mount Pleasant, Vassar and Hillsdale. It also acquired Eptec's damper operation in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, as part of the bid. In August 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against Metavation and George Hofmeister, Metavation's former chairman and director, to restore $34.6 million to two pension funds. According to the suit, Hofmeister, on behalf of the plans, used pension assets to buy and lease property; buy customer notes and pay adviser fees; and allocate income and expense payments between the pension funds. The suit alleges the defendants engaged in prohibited use of approximately $12.1 million from the Hillsdale Salaried Pension Plan and approximately $22.5 million from the Hillsdale Hourly Pension Plan. Hofmeister is also under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Labor. Revstone Industries, the former parent of Metavation, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 3, 2012, after a Grand Traverse County 13th Circuit Court judge ordered the company to pay nearly $27 million owed to its largest creditor, Clearwater, Fla.-based Boston Finance Group LLC. Creditors in the Revstone Industries case accuse Hofmeister of shuffling assets from company to company and through several trusts to avoid pay debts. The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. announced plans in March to take over the pension plans ahead of the proposed sale of Metavation to Delaware-based DHJH Holdings LLC. That deal fell through and Metavation entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July. Revstone's other bankrupt assets include U.S. Tool and Engineering LLC, Greenwood Forgings LLC and Spara LLC. Correction: A previous version of this story had Dayco based in Oklahoma. Dayco is based in Troy. Topics in this article: Bankruptcy
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The regulators are hard are what -- are that are running behind their their fault they're trying to KR whenever they aren't.
There's no doubt about it and I think it's important -- and point good committed independent people -- these jobs it's important for congress to to not.
Put pressure on them on banks command -- is coming in and say you know put pressure on the regulators they need to be -- they need to be respected but they also need to be independently -- -- for the country.
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It is all about money and means you do you want people look I think we should pair expects our examiners very well.
That the people you want to draw to government service expense and a job like this -- hopefully not the kind of people that money is everything to them -- if that's their culture -- mindset that shouldn't Examiner's.
That's not what that's not the kind of person in my record -- -- To talk about Larry Summers Larry Summers was.
And a variety of positions in Washington but you talk about the fact that you had that he misrepresented your FDI.
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He had -- the president had been talking about doing you know wide scale foreclosure prevention.
McCain had to was a big issue in the campaign so we thought we were unable to get the push people to move ahead.
And so we thought we would get change and Larry Summers was the main person on it.
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Watched it because we didn't it was gonna work it was says it was it was chairman it would didn't provide enough incentives it was horribly complex.
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You reject lot of other programs so they were out there there were much more aggressive but he we were wet into discussions so well enjoy I think until March.
And then I find out in December he had written an email.
To the president that has said that our program.
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The whole idea about -- in the first place yeah.
Where you -- less current thinking is supposed to be sorry -- -- for it or were you for what we originally were sold which was we're gonna go get those toxic assets and basically take those bad loans off the banks' books and we never did.
Right answers so we did not initiate -- we weren't really involve a consultant with TARP until they couldn't get it passed they came back to us they raise the deposit insurance limits to get to.
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More votes to get it done.
We weren't opposed to it but we said and I have they email selected to Hang -- that we got in terms of what our exposure was -- -- banks that we could handle it received proposals of how we would do it.
And you know of the chart for the non bank -- in the sector outside the insurance and so we you know that could be for bad -- that they wanted to do but looking -- -- -- -- in the -- in terms of needing capital.
The only institution and I really saw -- was insolvent was was with city and the rest of them I could have -- -- they needed some liquidity support that for capital.
And most of didn't pay it back right away it was it was expensive for the healthy ones it was expensive.
The truth is -- Canadian all need help.
Not not to apple know there was say you have to distinguish between whether you're insolvent I think most of them had been able to all of them except for Citi have been able to.
Access nongovernment sources of capital.
Last question what are we do we have as much risk were worse or better what today.
I think we have more cap on.
Banks which is get -- think we have more stable liquidity funding which is good to add that we have huge risk on the horizon I think -- -- in the mother bomb bomb bubbles over the some very protracted very aggressive monetary policy again as with the best of intentions and I think.
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Europe it continues to be a potential source of instability so I think.
The risk are substantial going for the sector some better shape that typically mistress of their very much.
Sheila -- this great it's great book it's very Gromit -- I don't know.
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Jewels of Muslim Calligraphy: Book Review of "Female Calligraphers: Past & Present by Hilal Kazan"
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Review of Female Calligraphers: Past & Present, by Hilal Kazan. Traditional Arts Series no. VI, Istanbul: Cultural Co., 2010. Hardcover, 240 pages with images. In Turkish and English. ISBN: 978-605-5592-51-6.
1. Presentation of the book
Research on women in the Islamic World is developing in concert with that on social history which came to the front in the 1970's. Research concerning the life of women who lived at different times within the wide spectrum of Islamic society is constantly increasing. Various studies deal with issues such as the daily life of women, their life within the family, their material world, their place within the legal system, their use of space, their various contributions to learning and scholarship, and the role they played in public, financial and political life, as well as their involvement in other subjects such as art.
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Figure 1: The cover page of Hilal Kazan's book.
The relationship between women and art may be examined under three headlines: women as patrons of art, women as objects in art, and women artists. It is clear that women living in the Islamic world were involved in various art forms, such as poetry, painting, literature, music and calligraphy.
Existing research into calligraphy in the Islamic world lacks information on the subject of women involved in this field from the first Islamic period up to the present day. Since calligraphy is based on professional authorization (ijaza), it shows a resemblance to the Islamic disciplines such as Prophet's Sayings (hadith), Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) and jurisprudence (fiqh). A consideration of calligraphers who were influential in the field of religious knowledge shows that the place of women calligraphers is important within the Islamic tradition.
Hilal Kazan's work, which gives a chronological account of the women calligraphers and their work from the early Islamic period until now, gives us information on the subject of women calligraphers. The work of the author is particularly meaningful considering the greater interest on museum curatorship, art patronage and, in particular, on calligraphy in recent years.
The way the author evaluates the works resembles the form widespread in the Islamic world: that of tabaqat or "Who's Who". This work which spread over a wide geographical area and period of time, is divided into two sections. The first begins with works of women calligraphers from the first Islamic period, and stretches up to the end of the Ottoman State. This section introduces women calligraphers who lived during the era of the first four Caliphs and the Umayyad Caliphate, the 'Abbasid Caliphate, Ilkhanids, Safawids, Mughals and Ottoman periods. The second concentrates on those who lived and worked from then until the present time. Apart from those in Ottoman territories, it also includes women calligraphers from Iran, Baghdad, Samarkand, Egypt, Rakka, Anadalusia, Khorasan, Kirman, Damascus, Tunisia, Kairouan, Lebanon, Esterabad, Al-Quds, Delhi, Haydarabad, Kandahar, Agra and Shiraz.
Figure 2: Asma-i Nabi calligraphy by Hilal Kazan.
It is certain that the number of women artists exceeds those mentioned. As a matter of fact, if we consider the first Islamic period according to the numbers and works registered in biographical records, we see that from the 16th century onwards there is a considerable decline. The notions of privacy and modesty gave only limited access to women working in various areas including women calligraphers. Biographical information about these calligraphers, in some cases comes from their tombstones and gives information about their family structure, networks of interest, education and the teachers from whom they received instruction.
The introduction to the book gives space to information gathered from such biographical accounts. In particular, it contains information about the environment in which women calligraphers of the first period were raised. This falls into several categories, the chief of which was a palace or mansion (konak) of a vizier or pasha. Our attention is directed towards the fact that some calligraphers had relationships with the intelligentsia. The same relationship may be observed of women poets who lived during the Ottoman State. These were usually women of well-known families, related to the scholarly environment of the period. Examples of which include women such as Mihri Hatun, Leyla Hanim and Seref Hanim.
It should be noted that during the 19th century the number of women in the field of calligraphy increased. The same may also be said for poetry. Following an interlude in the first years of the Republic, the number of women calligraphers noticeably increased as a reflection of the increasing interest in calligraphy.
The works of the calligraphers appended to the biographies add great richness to the research. The geographical spread and wide time span of the works and geography enable one to follow the development and phases of the arts of calligraphy and illumination (tazhip) in different periods.
Figure 3: Letter of approbation (ijazat) of Hilal Kazan inscribed in both Arabic and Turkish languages at the end of her marvellous calligraphy piece on Asma-i Husna (The most beautiful Names of Allah).
Developing academic research on Muslim women shows their considerable influence in the social, economic and political fields. This work also points out the presence of women in education and art. This valuable material will form the basis for various works, if evaluated in the light of different questions such as how conditions during different periods influenced women's relationship to art, how their personal conditions, their networks and identity as a woman affected their works and finally how these women were perceived within the family group or in the society in the era in which each lived. Moreover, prosopographic research carried out on women calligraphers together with other women artists is also important.
Many works on the place, socio-economic situation, artistic perspective and intellectual dimensions of women have been written to date. In this work, Hilal Kazan, examines female Muslim calligraphers throughout the history of Islam. So far, a few articles have been published on this field, but in this study, for the first time, the subject of female calligraphers is being focused on in a book scale. This book contains very valuable information about the female calligraphers in Muslim Civilization.
In conclusion, this work will be of use in future research on the history of women, in the fields of biography and on the history of calligraphy. There can be no doubt that the book, together with another one by Hilal Kazan on Palace Patronage in Art in XVIth Century (XVI. Asirda Sarayin Sanati Himayesi), will extend our knowledge on the subject of women artists in the Islamic world.
2. Calligraphy and Calligraphers in the Muslim Civilization
In the early periods of Islamic history, when the art of Islamic calligraphy was still developing, those who made manuscript copies of beautifully written books were known as khattat. After the written art gained its own characteristics, society began to see a difference between scribes and khattat, and not every scribe was referred to as a khattat or calligrapher. In the few books in which the biographies of calligraphers appear the number of women calligraphers is no more than two dozen. However, in the historical sources it is stated that the number of women calligraphers in the Andalusia Umayyad State alone was in the thousands. In this book, only three or four of the women calligraphers from Andalusia have been cited in the sources. We need to take into consideration the idea that the women calligraphers who were mentioned hid themselves within the historical process due to the importance given to privacy in the culture at that time, as well as humility, a characteristic that holds an important place in Islamic doctrine. There are number of stories relating to females calligraphers, narrated by master calligraphy teachers, stories, which they learned from their teachers, that in the eras in which manuscripts and books were copied, these women recorded their works with male pseudonyms due to a certain social shyness. However, there is no written document that supports this statement. However in recent times, the large number of gravestones in Istanbul cemeteries belonging to female calligraphers that have been found as part of studies on historical cemeteries seems to support such stories.
3. Female Calligraphers
In this work, female calligraphers have been listed in chronological order, starting from the beginning of Islamic history. In Islamic history, the first woman calligrapher is Shifa bt. 'Abdullah, a relative of Omar; she was not only the first woman to know how to read and write, but also the first female calligraphy teacher. The earliest female calligrapher whose works can still be seen today was Fadhl, the concubine of Abu Ayyub Ahmad b. Muhammad, who was distinguished in Kairouan in the 10th century.
In places outside the Ottoman regions, female calligraphers have distinguished themselves in regions like Iran, Baghdad, Samarqand, Egypt, Ar-Raqqa, Andalusia, Khorasan, Kerman, Damascus, Tunisia, Kairouan, Lebanon, Esterabad, Jerusalem, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kandahar, Agra and Shiraz. These women provided cultural services for the ruling states in the region and at the time in which they lived. There is information about many female calligraphers during the Qajar Dynasty, which ruled in Iran in the 19th century. However, we are only aware of the existence of three female calligraphers during the time of the Safawids, who ruled in the 16th and 17th centuries, even though their patronage of the arts was on a greater scale.
In the light of existing information, it is possible to observe that there was more than one environment from which female calligraphers appeared. The leading one was that of the palace, where a good education was provided. It can be seen that some of the daughters of Safawid and Qajar rulers were accomplished calligraphers. For example, the daughter of Shah Ismail, Sultanem Banu and the daughter of Shahnewaz Khan, Zibun Nisa Begum were both calligraphers. It is noteworthy that two daughters of Fathali Shah of the Qajar rulers, Umm Salama and Shah-i Begum, and his granddaughter Mah-i Ruhsar were calligraphers and that many of their works are still extant today. Outside of the palace, it can be seen that the daughters of pashas and viziers, like Salma Hanim, Fatima Mawhiba Hanim, Nasiba Farida Hanim, were interested in calligraphy. Daughters of scholars and calligraphers also distinguished themselves in calligraphy. Most interesting of all female calligraphers is Ummi Khatun, a blacksmith's daughter from Gallipolli, from the 16th century Ottoman State. Not only does her existence strengthen the view that artistic and cultural activities had spread outside of Istanbul in the 16th century Ottomans, but it also displays the intellectual dimensions of the Ottoman woman.
The most important section of the book is the women from the 19th century who were part of the "Female Calligraphers in the Ottoman State". These women, who can be found by their name, or gravestones, or books they copied or those listed in auction catalogues, have been included along with all the information that can be found about them. Thus, instead of the twenty female calligraphers listed in works like Mustakimzade Suleyman Sadaddin Efendi's Tuhfe-i khattatin (ed. Ibnülemin Mahmud Kemal, Ankara: Türk Tarih Encümeni, 1928) and Ibnu'l-Emin Mahmud Kemal Inal's Son Hattatlar (Ankara: Milli Egitim Bakanligi, 1970), in this study the author presents the reader with thirty. New information is also provided here about Asma Ibret, the best-known female Ottoman calligrapher many of whose works are still extant today. Previously we were not aware of some of the plaques and prayer books created by Asma ibret, as well as the Qur'an that she copied; here we now learn that there is a copy of the Qur'an in a private collection abroad and photographs of this copy are provided for the first time.
The female calligraphers of the Republican period, or in other words the students who were trained by valued mentors and who acted as a bridge between the Ottomans and today, have been also cited in this work. As a result, female calligraphers who have attained their ijazat also appear in the work.
Figure 4: Asma-i Husna calligraphy by Hilal Kazan.
4. Calligraphy Courses
In recent years, particularly in Istanbul and other major cities in Turkey, many community courses have been offered in handicrafts and calligraphy, but, in keeping with the recommendations of master calligraphers, as they have not yet produced a female calligrapher who is in keeping with the classic standards, who has taken their ijazat and distinguished themselves in this field, the author has not included the graduates of such courses in this book. In this section of the book, female calligraphers who have been trained in the mashk method of classic calligraphy outside Turkey are included. The works of these women have been inspected and selected by master teachers who were trained in Iran. The book recently compiled by Azra Aqiqi Bakhshayishi and published in Iran, Zenan Hoshnuvis, was used as the reference for this. This is an important book from the aspect of being the first published work. Although it was of some use, the references were limited and the scope was limited to Iran and surrounding regions. It quotes mostly modern Iranian works and as the language used was Persian this meant that it was insufficient for our needs.
5. Examples of Female Calligraphers
5.1. Shifa bt. 'Abdullah al-Adawiyya (7th Century)
Shifa bt. 'Abdullah was one of the famous female Companions of Prophet Muhammad, a relative of Omar. She was known as Umm Sulaiman b. Abi Hamsa. She was the daughter of 'Abdullah b. Abdishams al-Kurashiyya al-Adawiyya. She was an educated lady who knew how to read and write before the advent of Islam. She is known as the first female teacher and calligrapher in Islam and she taught many people, like the daughter of Omar, Hafsa bt. 'Omar al-Faruq.
5.2. Umm al-Darda al-Sughra (8th Century)
It is presumed that Umm al-Darda al-Sughra lived after 81/700. It is recorded in some sources that she taught people how to read and write during the time of her successor Umm al-Darda. It is assumed she is the second female calligrapher after Shifa bt. 'Abdullah who wrote wise words with her beautiful handwriting.
5.3. Sana (8th Century)
Sana lived during the era of the Abbasid Caliphs Mansur (r. 754-775) and Mahdi (r. 775-785). She was the concubine of lbn Fayuma. She educated herself in the arts and received her ijaza (licence) from Ishaq b. Samad. Neither the date of her death or that of her master are known.
5.4. Fadl (d. 260/873-74)
Fadl was a poet in the Abbasid era. The sources depict her as a gentle writer with a beautiful style. In Afghani's words 'she was the supreme in calligraphy (husn-i hatt), in poetry and in the art of the eloquent spoken word.' According to the author of the work entitled Fawat al-Wafayat, Fadl was a Shi'a and she used her influence on the sultans to help and protect the Shi'a people. She died in 60/873-74.
5.5. Gulsum al-Attabi (d. 220/835)
Gulsum al-Attabi is the second most famous female Arabic calligrapher of the early era, coming second only to Shifa bt. 'Abdullah; she lived in Rakka, Syria. She was a contemporary of Caliph Ma'mun, Caliph Mahdi and Caliph Mu'tasim. In addition to her skill at calligraphy, she was also an eloquent speaker and was interested in poetry. She died in 220/835.
5.6. Fadl (10th Century)
Fadl was from Kayravan and was a concubine of Abu Ayyub Ahmad b. Muhammad. The Qur'an she copied, dated November 907, is still extant today. This is the oldest known work written by a female calligrapher which has survived until today. On the opening page of the work, the calligrapher requests that everyone who reads the Qur'an that has been copied by her should say a prayer for her. The explanation page reads: "Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Haza habasat Fadl Mawlat-i Abu Ayyub Ahmad b. Muhammad rahimahullah talaban li-sawabillahi wa'd-dari'l-ahira. Rahimallahu man karae fihi ve du'a li-sahibetiha.. wa katabat Fadl bi-khattiha fi Muharram min-sanat hamsa wa tis'in ve miatayn" There is no other biographical information, aside from that found in her work, available about Fadl's life.
Calligrapher's page of the Qur'anic Calligraphy by Fadl, Servant of Abu Ayyub Ahmad b. Muhammed.
5.7. Duhtar-i ibn Mukla Shirazi (10th Century)
Duhtar was one of the teachers of Alaaddin 'Ali b. Hilal, who is also known as Ibn-i Bawwab. Ibn-i Bawwab said that he learned the secrets of calligraphy from the daughter of lbn Mukla, i.e., Duhtar, She felt responsible for the safety and permanence of her father's works and for the continuation of his art. Duhtar dedicated herself to her father's teachings and she passed these on to her students. Ibn Bawwab learned the style of Ibn Mukla's calligraphy from her and from this developed his own style. One of her works that has survived until today is on display at the Mir 'Imad Calligraphy Museum in Tehran.
5.8. Muzna (d. 358/969)
Muzna was one of the concubines raised at the Andalusian palace and was a clerk for the sultan. She carried out these duties for Caliph al-Amir an-Nasir li-Dinillah and for Abdurrahman III (350/961). None of her works have surviveduntil today. She was famous for her husn-i hatt. She passed away in 358/969.
5.9. Fatima (10th Century)
Fatima was a palace concubine for Caliph Abdurrahman 111 (912-961) in Andalusia. She was one of the few female calligraphers who had the opportunity to write many books in her unique style of calligraphy, for both the caliph and his son Malik Hakem II (961-976). She also wrote letters addressed to various scholars which were dictated by the caliph. In this way she was exposed to the caliph's great knowledge and his good deeds. The beautiful calligraphy in the letters that she wrote was highly regarded during her lifetime. She also copied many books on her own, concerned with both arts and sciences.
5.10. Safiyya bt. Abdurrabi' (d. 417/1026)
Safiyya was from Andalusia and was the daughter of Abdurrabbi'. A woman who had proved herself in husn-i hatt, she produced works concerned with literature and poetry. She passed away before she turned 30, in 417/1026.
5.11. Fatima bt. Zakariya b. 'Abdullah as-Shebbarp (d. 427/1036)
Fatima, the daughter of Zakariya b. 'Abdullah, copied many important books in her beautiful script. She passed away in 427/1036 when she was 94 years old.
5.12. Fatima al-Baghdadi bt. Hasan b. 'Ali b. 'Abdullah Attar (d. 480/1087)
Fatima's father, Hasan b. 'Ali b. 'Abdullah, was one of the well-known apothecaries in Baghdad. Umm al-Fadl Fatima was a female calligrapher famous for her husn-i hatt and she lived in Baghdad during the Abbasid era. She was one of the most educated and talented female calligraphers of her time, she set standards in Islamic written works and her style, which imitated that of Ibn Bawwab, was very influential. Her works were regarded as being of greater artistic merit than her teacher's. Due to her renowned beautiful calligraphy, she was invited to write some diplomatic letters for the Seljuk vizier. Caliph 'Abd al-Mulk Abu Nasr al-Kundari, and she was rewarded with 1000 dinars. Her works were imitated by later calligraphers, due to the success that she had with her diplomatic letters. The sources also indicate that she was one of the ravis who relayed the hadiths of Prophet Muhammad through 'Omar b. Mahdi and other Companions of the prophet. She passed away in 480/1087.
5.13. Zaynab Shahda bt. Ahmad b. Al-Faraj b. 'Omar Al-Abri (d. 547/1178)
Zaynab Shahda was the daughter of Abu Nasr Ahmad b. al-Faraj. She was also known as Fahrunnisa, Sittu'd-Dar and al-Katiba. Although her family was originally from Dinawar, she was born in Baghdad. She was a famous female calligrapher who was renowned for her work in fiqh (Islamic law) and hadiths, in addition to her husn-i hatt. She was also the teacher of Yaqut, the last Abbasid caliph, and the calligrapher in the Musta Palace. This important lady calligrapher, who produced many kit'as and muraccas, was known for her witty replies which she wrote in the style of lbn Bawwab. Historic resources state that MuHammad b. 4Abd al-Malik, from the Egyptian school, was her teacher.
Ibn Khallikan, who is known as an important historian of the era, wrote that Shahda had received lessons and her ijaza (diploma) from important scholars in the 5th Hijri century like Abu al-Hattab Nasr b. Ahmad al-Butruvani and Abu 'Abdullah Hussain b. Ahmad b. Talha an-Niali. Also, many people had the opportunity to study with her and to receive their ijazas from her. The fame of Zaynab Shahda was well established. She was also known as Siqat al-dawla, because of her association with al-Muktafibillah, the 'Abbasid caliph. She spent her time studying science and literature. She left some charitable works behind in Baghdad in certain tekkes and madrasas. She passed away in Baghdad, when she was almost 100 years old, on a Sunday afternoon, on the 13th day of Muharram, in 574/1178. Her family was known as "al-Ibari" meaning "needle sellers", as this was her grandfather's occupation.
5.14. Sittu'r-Rida bt. Nasrallah b. Mas'ud (died after 567/1171)
Sittu'r-Rida, the daughter of Nasrullah b. Mas'ud, was a female calligrapher who followed the the style of Ibn Bawwab. She was an intellectual woman who studied hadiths and was famous for narrating a number of them. It is noted in some sources that she was alive in 567/1171.
5.15. Asma Ibret (b. 1194/1780)
Asma Ibret Hanim, one of the calligraphers during the reign of Sultan Selim III, was the daughter of Imperial Serhasakiyan AHmad Aga, who held an important position at the palace. She was the student of the well-known, Mahmud Celaleddin; she wrote in thulth and naskh scripts. She later married her teacher. Her oldest work is a Hilye-i Sharif (a description of Prophet Muhammad), dated 1209/1795, which is now at Topkapi Palace Museum. Although she was only 15 years old when she wrote this hilye, it can be assumed that she received her ijaza before this time. The information recorded on the reverse of the hilye indicates that it was commissioned by Mehmet Selim Agha and then presented to Sultan Selim III; he gave 500 kurus to Asma Ibret and granted her a daily salary from the customs office of forty akça. It is also mentioned that she was given the name ibret, which means exemplary, to set a good example.
Figure 5: A Dalail al-Hayrat work of Asma Ibret Hanim.
Asma Ibret's other surviving works , are, in chronological order, as follows:
One Hilye-i Sharif, dated 1222/1807, which is at the Hamidiye Mausoleum. Ibnulemin used the term 'remarkable' in the explanatory note of this hilye. It is assumed by many that she could not only write perfectly in the style of her husband Celaleddin, but also that many times Celaleddin signed his name to works that had been written by her. Previously it was thought that Asma ibret had not made a copy of the Qur'an, but one Qur'an copied by her has been found in the Nafia al-Fayez collection; Nafia al-Fayez is a member of the well-known Saudi family. This Qur'an was written when she was 28 years old, in September of 1808, and is her last known work. The first page, the last page and the explanatory page of the Qur'an are decorated in the rococo style, and the other pages are framed by gold lines. Asma Ibret is buried in the Sheikh Murad Buhari Dergahi cemetery in Eyup Sultan along with her husband, but as there is no tombstone, the date of her death is unknown.
5.16. Soraya Syed Sanders
Soraya Syed was born in London in 1976 to immigrant parents. Her father, born in Kenya, but with roots in Pakistan, came to live and work in the UK in the 196O's. Her French mother, on the other hand, moved from Paris to London in the 1970's; it was here that the two met. Soraya's upbringing was liberal and bridged two different religions and cultures.
Figure 6: A Muthanna style calligraphy by Soraya Syed Sanders.
Soraya knew from an early age that she was artistic. Her maternal grandfather was keen to promote this and gave her 10 francs for every artist's name she could remember. He also took her to the great art museums of Paris. In 1994, at the age of 18, Soraya was accepted to study at one of London's most famous art schools. But she was not satisfied with her studies here. She did not feel that she was learning any skills, but rather that art was just being taught for its own sake.
At university she found a strong desire to study the art of Islamic calligraphy. In 1996 Soraya went to spend the second year of her degree in Arabic and the History of Art & Archaeology in Alexandria, Egypt; here, she also hoped to find a calligraphy teacher.
One day she rang a friend, but when a man answered the phone, she realized she had dialed the wrong number. It was through this mishap that she met Celal Ibrahim Mu?ammed, who also happened to be her friend's roommate. And this is how Soraya found her first calligraphy teacher the very week of arriving in Alexandria; she quickly started her lessons with him. The lessons in riqa and naskh continued for a year. She tried to continue with her lessons by correspondence after returning to London, but she was unable to complete her studies in this manner. In her search for a new teacher her path crossed with Efdaluddin Kilic, through a group of Turkish artisans who came to England to display their works and to organize workshops in the summer of 1999. This was a coincidence for Soraya, A friend of Soraya, who had signed up for the calligraphy class, could not attend and asked her to go in his place. Soraya spent two intense and transforming weeks studying thulth with the calligrapher Efdaluddin Kilic. She knew from that moment on there was no going back. After completing her masters at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts in 2001, Soraya went to Istanbul to concentrate on calligraphy lessons. Here she had a chance to meet leading calligraphers and the opportunity to attend the weekly classes of the most important living calligrapher, Hasan Celebi, at the History and Nature Waqf in Uskudar. His teaching was quite different from what she had received in Alexandria. It seemed that according to the Ottoman-Turkish style, praise was very much restrained and criticism was direct. This contributed immensely to her artistic life. She was also very impressed by the Ozcan siblings. She describes her introduction to the Ozcans and her observation of their work as a great opportunity and a turning point for her. During the time that she spent with them, she also witnessed how they restored many works of art.
Figure 7: Letter of approbation (ijazat) of Soraya Syed Sanders.
After her marriage, she moved to Istanbul again, in 2003, this time with her husband and they stayed for three years. After continuing with her education for three years, she received her ijaza in a ceremony during the Ramadan of the same year, with a qit'a she wrote after Nazif Bey.
In 2005, she started to study diwani with Ali Alparslan Hoca at the Sulemaniye Library, who unfortunately passed away a few months later. She continued to study the script with Efdaluddin Kilic.
In 2006 she went back to London with her husband, fulfilling her wish to work and teach there as a calligrapher. She has participated in many calligraphy exhibitions in various countries. Soraya now lives in West London with her husband and children. Her struggle to write better is even greater now with the blessed but challenging role of motherhood. Her calligraphy is very much a too! for expressing her beliefs. Soraya gives talks and workshops to Muslim and non-Muslims around the UK and abroad.
5.17. Hilal Kazan
Hilal Kazan was born in Kartal, Istanbul, the fourth of five children of the late Ahmet Bey, who moved to Istanbul from Drama after the Treaty of Lausanne, and the late Semiha Hanim, who was from the same region as her husband. She completed her high school education at the Erenkoy Girls High School. She became very interested in the writings on the dome of the Süleymaniye Mosque when on a school trip. She asked her teacher how the text had been written on the ceiling of the dome. Her teacher's incorrect answer led to her deep interest in calligraphy. Not knowing who Ahmet Karahisari was at the time, her teacher told Hilal that the calligrapher had written the most perfect text on the ceiling by dipping the pen in a bowl of ink and writing hastily and without any deliberation. She continued her education at the university at Istanbul University, Turkish Language and Literature Department, a department that she had very much wanted to attend. There she was introduced to Islamic arts. The late Dr. Ali Alparslan was her teacher. Her friends and family encouraged her to take up calligraphy, due to her beautiful Ottoman handwriting. With help from friends, she was included in the lessons of the late calligrapher and hafiz, Muserref Celebi. Muserref Hanim, who had given up calligraphy works for a long time, due to family reasons, started agian when working with Hilal. In the mean time, Hilal tried to continue calligraphy along with her university studies. After graduating from university, she worked in a private waqf in various positions.
Figure 8: Master Calligrapher Hasan Celebi with Prof. Salim Al-Hassani and Hilal Kazan.
In the spring of 1994, she visited the calligrapher Hasan Celebi to improve her writing technique and she was honoured by becoming his student. As she began learning the thulth-naskh style from scratch, with her teacher's encouragement she enrolled in post-graduate studies to research calligraphy academically. Her teacher awarded her the ijaza in the thulth-naskh style in 2000. She finished her doctoral dissertation in 2007, on the topic of The Ottoman Palace's Patronage of the Arts in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Originally Hilal Kazan had wanted to research the calligrapher Mehmed As'ad Yasari, with whom she shared many characteristics, but her teachers directed her to archival studies due of her good grasp of Ottoman, Arabic and Persian.
She gave calligraphy classes and conferences at California University as a guest artist in 2008. She gave a hands-on-workshop in Islamic calligraphy at the LACMA, which is one of the renowned art museums in Los Angeles. The same year she went to South Africa and organized daylong calligraphy exhibitions over three days, in three major cities to introduce the Ottoman Art of Calligraphy. She gave many speeches at both national and international conferences on this subject. Her articles and essays have been published in various magazines. She has participated in many group calligraphic exhibitions. She has also been involved with many organizations and is currently developing and working on various projects.
Hilal Kazan feels that all her abilities are a gift from God; she is fully aware that she has reached a point in her life which she had never dreamt that she could. There is one important characteristic that has guided her, which is her curiosity and desire to learn. When she was a child, her elders taught her that the key to knowledge was to ask questions. She says that she owes her success in calligraphy not to her natural talent, but to the encouragement of her first calligraphy teacher, the late Muserref Hanim, and to the unlimited patience and efforts of her teacher, Hasan Çelebi.
*Dr. Betül Ipsirli Argit - Researcher, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul. **Dr. Salim Ayduz - Senior Researcher at the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation, UK and Lecturer at Fatih University, Istanbul.
by: Dr. Betül Ipsirli Argit and Dr. Salim Ayduz, Fri 06 April, 2012
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The Islamic civilisation allowed the development of autonomous norms of beauty that were inspired by the faith of Islam. The Islamic artistic tradition viewed the beauty of the universe, emphasized in the Quran, and the literary qualities of the Quranic text itself, as compelling evidence for the divine hand. In this fascinating article, HRH Princess Wijdan Ali investigates the unique philosophy that underpins and guides Islamic art and the Muslim artist-artisan and developed the elements of a real and original philosophy of art, beauty and aesthetics in the Islamic culture. Introduction to Islamic Art by: FSTC Limited
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One area where the genius of the Muslim civilisation has been recognised worldwide is that of art. The artists of the Islamic world adapted their creativity to evoke their inner beliefs in a series of abstract forms, producing some amazing works of art. Rejecting the depiction of living forms, these artists progressively established a new style substantially deviating from the Roman and Byzantine art of their time. In the mind of these artists, works of art are very much connected to ways of transmitting the message of Islam rather than the material form used in other cultures. This article briefly examines the meaning and character of art in Islamic culture and explores its main decorative forms-floral, geometrical, and calligraphic. Finally, it looks at the influence of the art developed in the world of Islam on the art of other cultures, particularly that of Europe.


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Metal Gear Art Studio offered in franchise anniversary celebrations
Konami has released the Metal Gear Art Studio, an online set of digital drawing tools. Apparently the brainchild of artist Yoji Shinkawa as part of the franchise's 25th anniversary celebrations, the online tools are supposed to be functionally identical to those used to create the distinctive brush-style concept art which has so defined Metal Gear. You'll need to log in via social media, but then you can draw your own fanart and watch other fans add theirs in real time. Every three weeks, Shinkawa himself will select a number of artworks on a specified theme, with exclusive prizes on offer.
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Metal Gear Solid debuted a gorgeous brush-stroke style art style which later went on to become one of the series's defining characteristics, linking artist Yoji Shinkawa with the franchise forevermore. For the 25th anniversary of the very first Metal Gear, the series's Facebook page has promised the artist is preparing a "very special surprise". Obviously we have no idea what it is, but the post calls for questions, so perhaps an interview or video profile, or even a livestream of a work in progress.
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Konami is to bring its biggest-ever playable line-up to this year's Eurogamer Expo, giving attendees the chance to go hands-on with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, PES 2013, Zone of the Enders HD Collection and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate on 3DS.
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Georgina Robinson The Wallabies had stagnated under former coach Robbie Deans and played badly in their first few hit outs under Ewen McKenzie, according to Wales coach Warren Gatland.
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Wallabies culture is most important to coach Ewen McKenzie
Georgina Robinson Wallabies climb to third in world rankings but coach says it is the team's slow-moving cultural metamorphosis of which he is most proud.
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie wants to build a stronger team culture
Georgina Robinson The Wallabies have climbed back up to third in the world rankings but Ewen McKenzie says it is the Test team's slow-moving cultural metamorphosis of which he is most proud.