• Princess Wijdan Ali (Arabic: وجدان علي) (born 29 August 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a Jordanian artist, art historian, educator and diplomat. She is the...
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  • somewhat controversial and has been rejected by some scholars, such as Wijdan Ali, Nada Shabout and Karen Dabrowska. An alternative term, al-madrassa al-khattiya...
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    (1829–1887) Al-Kindi(801-873 AD) Hasan Çelebi (b. 1937), Turkey Ali Adjalli (b. 1939), Iran Wijdan Ali (b. 1939), Jordan Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Iraq Everitte...
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  • Hashmi, kings of Jordan Tariq al-Hashemi (born 1942), Iraqi politician Wijdan Ali Al-Hashemi (born 1939), Jordanian artist, educator and diplomat Wissam...
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  • people from Jordan: Ali H. Nayfeh Rana Dajani Ibrahim al-Kufahi Lubna Tahtamouni Eid Dahiyat Muhanna Al-Dura George Aleef Wijdan Ali Mahmoud Taha Mona Saudi...
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    Zenderoudi (born 1937), Iran Ali Adjalli (born 1939), Iranian master calligrapher, painter, poet and educator Wijdan Ali (born 1939), Jordan Mahmoud Taha...
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    type of arch was first used in the Ibn Tulun Mosque, completed in 879. Wijdan Ali also describes this as the first systematic use of the pointed variant...
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  • Contribution to Islamic Art: From the Seventh to the Fifteenth Centuries, Wijdan Ali, American Univ in Cairo Press, 10 December 1999, ISBN 977-424-476-1 From...
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  • Centre, London (1989). Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, edited by Wijdan Ali in collaboration with Suhail Bisharat, Scorpion Publishing on behalf of...
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    Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Ali contributed significantly to Islam in its early years and was likely...
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    Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-65221-6. Wijdan, Ali (1999). The Arab contribution to Islamic art: from the seventh to the...
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    Gilgamesh, the world's oldest literature Wijdan Ali, painter, was born in Baghdad, Iraq. She is the ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan. Mohammed Ghani...
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    Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2. Wijdan, Ali (1999). The arab contribution to islamic art: from the seventh to the...
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    form places him within the Hurufiyah Art Movement. The art historian, Wijdan Ali describes his style of painting as 'Abstract Calligraphy' within the Hurufiyya...
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  • light, Darat Funun, 2018-2019. Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Wijdan Ali, Essex: Scorpion Publishing, 1989. Aziz Amoura: 35 Years in Art, exhibition...
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  • to teach local students. Among his notable students was the Princess Wijdan Ali who is best known for her attempts to revive the traditions of Islamic...
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  • Muta-Wakkilah Hayatul Bolkiah – member of the Bruneian royal family Princess Wijdan Ali of Jordan Anthony Brooke, Rajah Muda of Sarawak Princess Maria Laura of...
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    tribes often used their own tribal motifs. The Jordanian art historian, Wijdan Ali has argued that the traditional Islamic aesthetic evident in craft-based...
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    Rashidun (section Ali)
    Muhammad: Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), Umar (r. 634–644), Uthman (r. 644–656), and Ali (r. 656–661). The reign of these caliphs, called the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661)...
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  • philosopher and calligrapher Cao Zhenxiu (b. 1762) Chinese calligrapher Wijdan Ali (b. 1939) Iraqi calligrapher Ameena Ahmad Ahuja Indian painter and calligrapher...
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    Postmodern Theory by H.L. Hix in 1995. Jordanian artist and art historian Wijdan Ali also used the term, "calligraffiti" in her book, Modern Islamic Art: Development...
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    Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil (category Recipients of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali)
    Egypt, into a family of Hejazi and Turkish Cypriot origin. Her mother was Wijdan Hanim, the daughter of Shakir Pasha, who was the grandnephew of the Ottoman-Turkish...
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  • 9155 Type Art museum Director Khalid Khreis, Ph.D. President Princess Wijdan Ali, Ph.D. Owner The Royal Society of Fine Arts Website nationalgallery.org...
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  • counts diverse individuals as members of its Board of Governors: Princess Wijdan Ali of Jordan, Sir Cyril Townsend, Gary Sick, John D. Marks, Ambassador Richard...
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    (Ahl al-Ra'y) Atharism (Ahl al-Hadith) In terms of Ihsan: Sufis (Ahl al-Wijdan wa al-Kashf) Contemporary movements Barelvi movement Deobandi movement Salafism...
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    pp. 119–148. Grabar 1992, p. 38. Osborn 2009, pp. 289–306. Ali 1999, p. 81. Ali, Wijdan (1999). The Arab Contribution to Islamic Art: From the Seventh...
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    through Ali, Muhammad's cousin, son-in-law and the First Imam. This is in similar to most other Sufi orders that trace their lineage to Ali. The Kubrawiya...
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  • International Publishing, 2021, 246p., (ISBN 978-3-030-49247-2) Ali, S. Nazim; Tariq, Wijdan. and Al Quradaghi, B. A. (eds.). The Edinburgh Companion to Shari‘ah...
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    Wijdan Alsayegh (Arabic: وجدان الصائغ) is an Iraqi writer, poet, and critic born in Baghdad in 1967. She earned a master's degree with a grade of excellence...
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  • Succession to Muhammad (category Ali)
    Muhammad through a process of election. In contrast, Shia Islam maintains that Ali ibn Abi Talib was Muhammad's designated successor. These differing viewpoints...
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