• 'Artistic Characteristics – Elegant Calligraphy and Inspiring Features' is at the visitors' centre at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. All photos: Victor Besa / The National.
    'Artistic Characteristics – Elegant Calligraphy and Inspiring Features' is at the visitors' centre at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. All photos: Victor Besa / The National.
  • The Mosque of Cordoba.
    The Mosque of Cordoba.
  • The visitors' centre, or Dome One, at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
    The visitors' centre, or Dome One, at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
  • Examples of decorative art from Arabia.
    Examples of decorative art from Arabia.
  • Islamic architecture from Egypt and Palestine.
    Islamic architecture from Egypt and Palestine.
  • A photo of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque by a female student at the Higher Colleges of Technology who majored in media. Photo: Mouza Abdulsalam Alkhazraji.
    A photo of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque by a female student at the Higher Colleges of Technology who majored in media. Photo: Mouza Abdulsalam Alkhazraji.
  • Mosque du Sultan Hassan in Cairo.
    Mosque du Sultan Hassan in Cairo.
  • A visitor to the exhibition at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
    A visitor to the exhibition at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
  • An illustration of Cairo by Robert Hay, the Scottish explorer and early Egyptologist.
    An illustration of Cairo by Robert Hay, the Scottish explorer and early Egyptologist.
  • Artwork using muhaqqaq script by calligrapher Abbas Al-Baghdadi.
    Artwork using muhaqqaq script by calligrapher Abbas Al-Baghdadi.
  • Caligraphy artwork using the koufi script.
    Caligraphy artwork using the koufi script.
  • Mosque du Sultan Hassan in Cairo.
    Mosque du Sultan Hassan in Cairo.
  • Dome One, the visitors' centre at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
    Dome One, the visitors' centre at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
  • Decorative art from Arabia.
    Decorative art from Arabia.
  • Asian carpets.
    Asian carpets.
  • The Mosque of Cordoba.
    The Mosque of Cordoba.
  • From an illustrated catalogue showing the Alfred Chester Beatty collection of Indian miniatures.
    From an illustrated catalogue showing the Alfred Chester Beatty collection of Indian miniatures.

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Artistic Characteristics exhibition at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - in pictures

Exhibits reflect centre's mission to revive the sciences and arts of Islamic civilisation

The National

December 01, 2021

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Updated: December 01, 2021, 11:47 AM