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Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts

About Islamic Calligraphy with Mohamed Zakariya --
Notes About This Exhibit

This exhibit consists of a transcript of the film, Islamic Calligraphy with Mohamed Zakariya, with interleaved images (in GIF format) drawn from the film, as well as associated Quicktime audio/video clips.

Mohamed Zakariya speaks throughout the film; the text faithfully represents his own words, with minor grammatical adjustments. Where comments are added for clarification, they appear within square brackets.

Mohamed Zakariya seated at his workbench looking over his right shoulder. A video camera is in place behind him ready for taping a session.
Setting up for the video taping session

Mohamed Zakariya seated at his workbench writing Arabic script on a piece of paper.
Mohamed Zakariya at his workbench


Key to Icons

An illustration of a film strip with an audio sound image in the right corner. Denotes a link to a Quicktime motion picture file with sound.

An illustration of a film strip.Denotes a link to a Quicktime motion picture file without sound.


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