1. Islamic Art, Music and Architecture Around The World “God is beautiful and loves beauty.” [A hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him)] INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org

2. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Art Hat - Calligraphy Ebru – Marbling on paper Tezhip – Illumination

3. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Hat (Calligraphy) Art of Arabic writing Special ink and paper (aged 1 year)

4. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Styles The Kufic Styles The Cursive Styles

5. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Hilye-i Saadet (Arabic) The description of the Prophet Muhammad

6. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Muhammad (Arabic) Peace and Blessings Upon Him

7. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Bu Da Gecer Ya Hu (Ottoman) “This too shall pass.”

8. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org “There is no harming or returning harm for harm [in Islam].”

9. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Figures with Calligraphy

10. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Calligraphy in Latin Alphabet

11. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Marble stone from Egypt in Calligraphic style.

12. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Calligraphy on Ebru (marbling)

13. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org by whom, when or how EBRU was discovered is unknown. originated in the city of Bukhara in Turkistan and spread via the Silk Road to Persia, India and Anatolia. In EBRU, pigments are floated on a bath of thickened water. When a piece of paper is laid on the bath and then removed, it takes the pigments with it. An infinite number of patterns are possible — no two quite alike. Ebru (Marbling)

14. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Floral Marblings

15. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Floral Marblings

16. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Figurative Marblings

17. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Landscape with Ebru

18. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Tezhip is literally fine ornamentation with gold. We shall deal here mainly with illumination and ornamentation on paper. Tezhip (Illumination)

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21. Tezhib with EBRU

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23. Architecture Material Design

24. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Islamic-style celestial sphere Brass with silver

25. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Horizontal Sundial Brass Collection of the Qatar National Museum

26. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Early 17th century, Persian Safavid Dynasty; apple wood, painted, lacquered, and gilded

27. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Mina'i Bowls Ceramic Late 12th-early 13th century Persian, Seljuk Dynasty

28. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Figure of a Court Official Early 13th century, Persian, Seljuk Dynasty Stucco, polychrome, and gilded Openwork Lamp Bronze 12th century Persian, Seljuk Dynasty

29. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Double-Walled Ewer in the Form of a Rooster Late 12th-early 13th century Persian, Seljuk Dynasty; Ceramic Glass Bottle 1300, Syrian, Mamluk Dynasty

30. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Oriental Rugs

31. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Persian

32. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Persian

33. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Turkish

34. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Turkish

35. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Architecture Mosques

36. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

37. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

38. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Prophet's Mosque, which contains the tombs of Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, and the caliphs Umar and Abu Bakr. Medina, Saudi Arabia

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40. Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY

41. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY

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45. Dome of Rock in Jerusalem

46. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Taj Mahal, India

47. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Rumi’s tomb & decorative surroudings

48. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei

49. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Mosques from Iran

50. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Architecture Others

51. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY

52. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY

53. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org The Alhambra Palace (Granada, Spain)

54. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Music

55. INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION www.interfaithathens.org Qur'anic Recitation is the most central form of music in the Muslim world. Adhan (call to prayer) heard at prayer times, it is the second major genre of Islamic music. Instrumental (Ney) Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)