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Abstract Ahmed Moustafa, an internationally acclaimed Egyptian artist based in London, centers his artistic expression on Arabic calligraphy in its various forms. This article explores Moustafa’s perspective on his artistic mission and the profound significance he attributes to calligraphy. The analysis begins with the artist’s reflections on his work, emphasizing…

Grasping the Message of Islamic Art Grasping the Message of Islamic Art | By Tony Leliw | Times | Thursday, 4th February 1999If you try to read the Islamic text in his work you are totally missing the point, says internationally-known Islamic artist Dr Ahmed Moustafa. Tony Leliw investigates.For a…

An Egyptian Master in London An Egyptian Master in London - by Jean Vilain | The Egyptian Bulletin magazine | December 1982 Ahmed Moustafa was born in Alexandria in 1943. He was educated in Egypt and on leaving the Abbasia Secondary School he joined the Faculty of Fine Arts at…

Inspired by the Divine Inspired by the Divine | By Nooraini Mydin | Sunday Mail | Weekend Extra | 2nd August 1992I stumbled upon Ahmed Moustafa's exhibition Artistry of the Arabic Script at the Royal College of Art in Kensington, Britain, on my way to the Proms Concert at the…

Scripts Which Dazzle Mind and Eye Scripts which dazzle mind and eye | By Patricia Morison | Financial Times| Arts | Tuesday, 7th August 1990 To Moslems, Arabic calligraphy is a sacred art, for in this God spoke to the Prophet. To a westerner, calligraphy is the pleasing red and black…

Room Of My Own Room Of My Own – Ahmed Moustafa | Interview by Ena Kendall | The Observer Magazine | mid-1980's Ahmed Moustafa, Arabic scholar and calligrapher, is a pioneer in a historic field, using the flowing shapes and sinuous lines of Arabic script to make abstract pictures that…