Reposted by Nick WMona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Museum curators can make a big difference. Here's one who did. RIP Sheila Canby.nytimes.comSheila R. Canby, Curator at the Met Who Humanized Islam, Dies at 76 031 3
Nick W @nick1606.bsky.social · 31/08/2025So it’s been 12 months since I started learning Egyptian Arabic. Had to give up on the written language because, well, I’m not that clever. Spoken Arabic has sounds we don’t have: my favourite letter is “just pretend you’re breathing on your glasses”. 100 1
Nick W @nick1606.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Beginning to think I have been slightly overconfident trying to learn Arabic at my age. 140 4
Reposted by Nick WCMA: Islamic Art @cmaislamic.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Page from a Koran (verso) clevelandart.org/art/1993.39.1.b 061 6
Reposted by Nick WRobert Corvid @robertcorvid.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Islamic art calligraphy - Maher Housn 1173 17
