Let me introduce myself. My name is Islam. The root word of peace – salam, Or even سلم- meaning submission. Which to a Muslim, is like his tuition. It’s his ticket in– But before I begin, Let me greet you like I’m supposed to do, Assalamu...
Some books enter our lives at just the right moment. They can help us recover from a broken heart, laugh our way through a heavy trial or, more practically, release us — even if only in the contours of our minds — from the cold grip...
What captivated me when I first started calligraphy was the amount of detail and intricacy in the graceful letters used to glorify the word of God. I had been painting and drawing since I was a child, but the pull towards calligraphy was so natural that...
Have you ever had that uncanny feeling that you have already been in a completely unfamiliar place? Or, in the midst of quite an ordinary situation, the order of events (or maybe the people) make you do the double take of déjà vu? Today’s political climate, the...
As an artist, I believe it is my role to express and interpret the breadth of human experience, as well as elevate discourse about social issues within my particular frame of reference. With my art, I seek answers to questions about what our society is able...
I took this photo in Banff, Alberta during a 10K cross country ski route along the Spray River. Along the trail, we were towered by tall, frosted mountains as they watched over us and temperatures fell below -30C. It was afternoon, but the mountains cast...