Seher Ali Shah @SeherAliShah
Islamic Culture. Calligraphy. Language nerd. طالبة لغة عربية Washington, DC and Karachi Joined November 2018-
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Renowned Turk calligrapher Deniz Bektash inspired our students, reviving the art of calligraphy. Through her Zoom classes, Deniz imparted foundations of Naskh script, igniting a passion for this beautiful form of expression.🖋️ Read @SeherAliShah's article: dawn.com/news/1760022
Kufi Script الخط باقي والعمر فاني العبد عاصي والرب عافي
Nuances of types of love
Great thread on urban uplift through neighborhood cohesion and mohalladari.
Great thread on urban uplift through neighborhood cohesion and mohalladari.
A hotel in Muscat I stayed at recently left small notecards w/ calligraphy in my room every night. Different message each time: love/الحب, joy/ الابتھاج, good health/ صحة و عافية Major upgrade from chocolate on the pillow! #islamiccalligraphy #divaniscript
انسان یک قطرہ خون است و ہزار اندیشہ
We'd like to welcome our new Language Coordinator, Ms. @SeherAliShah. We wish her the best in this role. She is here to support our students in language courses and offerings @ibakarachi.
An insightful closing speech at #TSGS2023 conference by Asma Ibrahim (@asma63) on the heritage and tourism potential in Sindh. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and inspiring the audience to explore the rich cultural heritage of this region! @IBACBER @ibakarachi
19th-century Hajj certificate painted by Ibrahim Efendi Daghestani in the collections of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha currently on display in the Makkah Pavilion of the Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah #hajj #islamicart #islamicartbiennale #calligraphy
Wondeful presentation by @SeherAliShah showing how visionary villagers changed Asilah - A beaten Moroccan town 40 years ago turned into cleanest place in the country. Model though resaonable for pakistan but must nevegate our political realities @ibakarachi @IBACBER @sess_iba
A stamp for May Day 1971, from Iraq:
Anyone need a Punjabi teacher who can also teach classes online? She is based in Lahore and is really lovely and could use the work!
Vintage South Asian Eid Cards! Eid Mubarak!!
Vintage South Asian Eid Cards! Eid Mubarak!!
So civilized! We grew up with this…
So civilized! We grew up with this…
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The name of the ustad.
With so many short & crash courses available in all fields, a special course chalked out for budding kaan tootas.
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Mid-morning sun, And I look out upon the vast threshold Of human agony; How sweetly, soothingly it rends The words, the images The dearly-held beliefs Of all you deem yourself to be. Nothing lasts Out there upon the vast expanse: Each soul is but the foam upon the seas.
Pakistan is home to tons of unique languages and dialects but did you know the country also has a local dialect of Persian? The Madaklashti language is a dialect of Persian spoken specifically in Chitral by a community of people who migrated to the valley many centuries back. 🧵
The trials of death and life are essential for spiritual purification. In this vein, the Prophet (SAWS) has said, “If God wants good for someone, He afflicts him with trials.” مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ
Attention all scholars of the Ottoman world! A fantastic resource has just been made available by the Turkish Manuscripts Association, featuring digitizations of 400000 manuscripts in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and more. Check out the trial catalogue below!
The famous Sher o Khursheed symbol adopted by many rulers including the Mughals 1590 Turkey @britishmuseum