Our friends over at Islamic Relief have asked us to send word out that they are now actively recruiting for their UK offices. You can find more information below -
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Head of Programmes
Contract: Permanent Ref: PUM/IRUK/1210
Base Location: Central London
Grade/Salary: UKG7 / £35,948 p.a. & London weighting £3000 (if applicable)
IRUK, one of [...]
A Qur’an, named the ‘Qansuk al Ghuri’, coined after the Egyptian Mamluk who had the Qur’an commissioned in the early 16th Century, is being digitised in Manchester. The project is being undertaken by the John Rylands Library in Manchester, with the large fragile copy being scanned in page by page to preserve the ancient text [...]
In this month’s issue of emel, we featured the profile of an artist called Julien Breton (also known as Kaalam). His work involves using light and clever stop motion techniques to create Arabic calligraphy masterpieces. You can read the profile here.
I found this informative tutorial by PhotoJoJo, who have pieced together a brilliant guide to [...]