LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS: I

A. PAPERS AND ARTICLES

• “Arabic Calligraphy: From Script to Art” in Inscription as Art in the World of Islam, Habibeh Rahim, ed., AMS Press, New York, forthcoming.

• “The Art of Arabic Calligraphy” reprinted in Arabic Font Specimen Book by Edo Smitshuijzen, De Buitenkant, Amsterdam, 2009.

• “Square Kufic Calligraphy in Identity Design,” Identity magazine, No. 8, Autumn, 2006, pp. 78-82 (translated to and published in Russian).

• "Principles of Square Kufic Design," Hrouf Arabiyya (Arabic Letters Journal), issue 13, Dubai, October 2004, pp. 4-12. In Arabic

• “Muqarnas: The making of a New Term in Islamic Architecture,” paper presented at Historians of Islamic Art Annual Majlis, University of Washington, Seattle, Wa, February 21, 2004.

•  “Mysteries of Square Kufi Calligraphy” in Future Vision, issue 12, 2003. BH Publishing, London, pp. 16-18.

• “Arabic Calligraphy in the Digital Age” in Inscription as Art in the World of Islam, edited by Habibeh Rahim. Westport, Greenwood Publishing, 2002 (In print). Note: the publishing of this book is delayed and will be carried on by AMS Press, New York, forthcoming.

• "The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture” book review, Religious Studies Review.

• “The Art of Arabic Calligraphy” Iman Impact, Newsletter of International Muslimah Artists Network: Vol. 1, Issue 3, Nov. 1999. pp. 5-8.

• "Muqarnas in Aleppo: Early Examples" MESA National Convention; San Francisco, CA (1997).

• "Geometry of Ribbed Domes in Spain and North Africa" Journal of the History of Arabic Science; Aleppo, Syria: vol. 11 (1997).

• "Arabic Calligraphy in the Digital Age" Hofstra University; New York, April 1996.

• "Arabic Calligraphy for the Age of Computers" The AMC Report; New York, Aug. 1995.

• "Muslim Calligraphers in America" Iqra Magazine; San Jose, California, May 1994.

• "An Islamic Image: English in Arabic Garb" Iqra Magazine; San Jose, California, July 1993.

• "An Islamic Image: Calligraphy as Graphics" Iqra Magazine; San Jose, California, May 1993.

• "Al Khatt al Kufi al tarbi'i fil amarah al Islamiyya" (Square Kufi in Islamic Architecture) Alam Al-Bena Magazine; Cairo, Egypt, July 1992.

• "Designing Publications with Compatible Arabic and Roman Scripts" 2nd International Conference on Computer Technology in Service of Islam; San Jose, CA, April 1992.

• "Geometry of Ribbed Domes in Spain and North Africa" International Symposium for the History of Arabic Science; Granada, Spain, March 1992.

• "Blending in FreeHand" Mac Magazine; Beirut, Sep. 1990.

• "Thoughts on Visual Compatibility of Bilingual Publications" Second Cambridge Conference on Bilingual Computing in Arabic and English; Cambridge, Sep. 1990.

• "Domes and Rotating Squares" Symmetry in a Kaleidoscope Symposium; Budapest, Hungary (1989).

• "A Call for Just Peace" Reflex; Seattle, Sep. 1989.

• "Drawing the Future" book review, Albenaa Magazine; Jan./Feb. 1989.

• "An Introduction to Muqarnas Domes Geometry" Structural Topology #14; Montréal (1988).

• "Muqarnas Domes, and the Image of the Arab-Islamic City" Regional and Urban Planning Symposium; Aleppo, Syria, May 1988.

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