Longread: Citi Yousoff’s Spiritual Journey and the Arts of Divine Calligraphy and Graceful Indifference

The loss of her daughter spurred Citi Yousoff onto a spiritual journey. It led her to study calligraphy with the renowned master Hasan Çelebi. Today she is one of the very few female calligraphers with an ijazah, a traditional licence. What drives her? And how does she view her position?

David Kloos • April 02, 2021

Mirroring the Other: The Feminist Narration of Islamic Glass Art in Works of Monir Farmanfarmaian

Delaram Hosseinioun discusses the mirror art of dame Monir Farmanfarmaian, through the lens of Judith Butler’s theories on feminine Otherness, highlighting the influence of the fourteenth-century Shāh Chérāgh Mosque on Farmanfarmaian’s work.

Delaram Hosseinioun • December 11, 2020

Women in post-revolution Egypt

Cairo, May 2014. From several wifi-equipped locations across the city, Viviane Fairbank reports about the position of women in post-revolution Egypt.

Viviane Fairbank • June 23, 2014

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Longread: Citi Yousoff’s Spiritual Journey and the Arts of Divine Calligraphy and Graceful Indifference

Mirroring the Other: The Feminist Narration of Islamic Glass Art in Works of Monir Farmanfarmaian

Women in post-revolution Egypt