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ajiss-2287	Haron, Muhammed	Inscription as Art in the World of Islam: 7-9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1416/25-27 April 1996 Hofstra University, Hofstra Cultural Center Long Island, New York	1996.0	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1478	49	39	This was followed by the fifth session, which, moderated by Daniel Varisco (Hofstra University), consisted of Alexandra Bain (University of Victoria, BC, Canada), “A Contemporary Sufi Master’s Use of Sacred Inscriptions”; Richard Weissman (University of California-Los Angeles), “Islamic Inscriptions as Apotropaic Art A Study of Turkish Talismanic Shirts”; Alhaja Rahmatallahi Ogunmuyiwa (Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria), “The Arabic Script as Sacred Writing in Nigeria” (read in her absence by one of the organizers); and Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (Princeton University), “Towards a Cosmology of Sacred Inscription in Islam: Glimpses of ‘Zlm aZ-Huruf.” Conferences, Addresses Inscription as Art in the World of Islam 7-9 Dhu al-l;lijjah 1416/25-27 April 1996 Hofstra University, Hofstra Cultural Center Long Island, New York 589 During April 1996, the Hofstra Cultural Center organized an interna­ tional interdisciplinary conference that focused upon the role of inscription in Islamic art.	cache/ajiss-2287.pdf	txt/ajiss-2287.txt