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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Cengiz Yar documents the de-mining efforts in the city of Mosul

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Parkview Square from Arab Street

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Qur'an

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Old Arab Bank building Amman

Bi-folium from a Qur'an Manuscript

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt

Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

Bowl with Arabic Proverb

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Miniature Qur'an and Qur'an Case

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"

Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

A Manuscript of Five Sections of a Qur'an

Rebab

Guenbri

Spear

Gumuri

Guenbri

Fragment of a Qur'an

Qur'an Manuscript

Shield

Pendant

Girdle Clasp

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Textile Fragment with Double-Headed Eagles

Ring

Carpet with Pseudo-Kufic Inscriptions

Ring

Nay

Qur'an Manuscript

"Prophet Muhammad Preaching", Folio from a Maqtal-i Al-i Rasul of Lami'i Chelebi

Bifolium from a Qur'an

Sword with Scabbard

Tripod Candlestick

Candlestick Base with Interlacing Dragons

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Jar

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Fragmentary Plate with Engraved Designs

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Goblet with Incised Designs

Mamluk Philae Dish

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Three-Footed Bowl

Vase with Five Discs

Bottle

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Textile Medallion

Glazed Tiles with Kufic Inscription

Roundel

Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription

Ewer

Jar

Ewer

Flask

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ewer