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Books On Books Collection - Farah K. Behbehani

Books On Books Collection – Farah K. Behbehani

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Books On Books Collection - Abecedaries (in progress)

Books On Books Collection – Abecedaries (in progress)

Islam Aly, 28 Letters

Marion Bataille, ABC3D

Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Alphabet of Bones

Russell Maret, Hungry Dutch

Scott McCarney, Alphabook 3

Cathryn Miller, L is for Lettering

Movable Books Society, A to Z: Marvels in Paper Engineering

Suzanne Moore, A Blind Alphabet

Ludwig Zeller, Alphacollage

Further Reading

“ABCs“, Bookmarking Book Art, 29 November 2015.

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Books On Books Collection - Islam Aly

Books On Books Collection – Islam Aly

28 Letters (2013)

28 Letters (2013) Islam Aly Laser-cut handmade flax paper. Three hole pamphlet binding in an accordion binding. Linen thread, handmade paper covers.  Twenty-eight folios; edition of 40 of which this is #4. Closed H147 x W154 x D15 (fore-edge) D37 (spine) mm; open 845 mm. Acquired from the artist, 5 February 2019.

Each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet is laser-cut on a…

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Bookmarking Book Art - The calligraffiti of eL Seed

Bookmarking Book Art – The calligraffiti of eL Seed

If we were looking for a “Banksy” version of Rachid Koraïchi, we need look no further than eL Seed.

Perception, 2016 Manshiyat Nasr in Cairo, viewed from Moqattam Mountain

In my new project ‘Perception’ I am questioning the level of judgment and misconception society can unconsciously have upon a community based on their differences.

In the neighborhood of Manshiyat Nasr in Cairo, the Coptic…

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art by islam aly

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Echoes, by book artist Islam Aly, commemorates protests in Cairo during the Arab Spring of 2011. Protesters of all religious and socioeconomic backgrounds demanded "bread [livelihood], freedom, and social justice." These three words in Arabic Kufic script are repeated throughout the pages of the book, upon which a map of Cairo is superimposed. Here Aly employees a traditional coptic binding -- a particular signature of the artist. See more photos here.

Post submitted by Shira Loev Eller, Art + Design Librarian 

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Crucial Perimeter is our stunning new book arts acquisition from Islam Aly, one of the first graduates from the University of Iowa Center for the Book's MFA program. 

"I am hoping more people will learn that these historical bindings still exist and are still used in book art, and that the kind of content I use in my books will foster cross-cultural learning by making viewers learn about Islamic art and culture. "

Quoted from:

Aly, Islam Mahmoud Mohamed. "Using Historical Bindings in Producing Contemporary Artists' Books." Master's thesis, University of Iowa, 2013.

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