An Introduction by Shahid Alam In Baghdad, in what was called the House of Wisdom (Arabic: Bayt-al-Hikma), ninth-century translations of the most important works of the ancients were made from Greek to Arabic. Thus it became possible, later in Toledo, for the most significant scientific achievements of Hellenistic antiquity to be translated, in turn, from Arabic into Latin and then […]
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Stolberg (Al-Hurrijah – Die Freiheit)
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“The SENSE that one can conceive is not the eternal SENSE. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.” Lao Tzu – Tao te king (Verkörperung des Sinns)
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Grant us Peace (Bach) A music stand on which is written calligraphically in Latin and Arabic script: DONA NOBIS PACEM. A message of peace – and a bridge between Orient and Occident. The sculpture was created for the 56th Haller Bach-Tage 2019, which ended with the performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s B minor Mass and the Dona nobis pacem at […]
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When the stars in the sky turn into letters. Gold and silver ink on birch wood. Stolberg 2019 (Sternen Himmel)
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Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,Daughter from Elysium,We enter drunk with fire,Heavenly, your sanctuary!Your spells bind again,What fashion strictly divided.All people become brothers,Where your gentle wing dwells. Translated into Arabic by Dr Malika Bendaoud Boulkifane (Oran, Algeria) Oil and ink on birch wood(Ode an die Freude – Friedrich Schiller)
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Our Father Our Father who art in heaven,Hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.Thy will be done,On earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,As we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,But deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom and the powerAnd the glory for ever and ever.Amen. […]
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“If all the trees on Earth were writing tubes, if the sea were the ink and the Seven Seas, the words of God would never be exhausted, for God is powerfully wise.” Sura 31 Lokman; From the Koran translation by Friedrich Rückert Oil and ink on birch wood(Die Unendlichkeit)
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The great reformer Martin Luther before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 Translated by Dr Abd el-Halim Ragab, Bamberg) India ink, ink and watercolours on paper(“Hier stehe ich und kann nicht anders! Gott helfe mir, Amen!”)
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A saying of the Prophet Mohammed Ink on red Kahari paper(Ohne Zweifel Gott ist schön und liebt die Schönheit)
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