Kufi Squares Presentation at BarcampKL April 2009. ten minute presentation on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuIZc4YhXO4

2. Kufi Squares barcampkl april 09

5. munchkin5.blogspot.com

6. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3318123762_ea07344f17.jpg?v=0

9. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabatean script. Its name is derived from the city of Kufa (in modern-day Iraq), although it was known in Mesopotamia at least 100 years before the foundation of Kufa. At the time of the emergence of Islam , this type of script was already in use in various parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It was in this script that the first copies of the Qur'an were written. Archaic Kufic script became dominant by the 8th century with the rapid spread of the Quran. However it lacked diacritical signs and was eventually replaced by Naskhi, an essentially cursive script. Square Kufic , from its origin from Archaic Kufic, retained the lack of a vowel system, but has been used to this day mainly in architectural settings. Square Kufic is also known as geometric, rectangular, rectilinear or geometric Kufic. When used to create geometric patterns with glazed tiles or mosaic, it can sometimes be referred to with a Farsi word hazarbaf. http://spacecollective.org/mslima/2882/Decoding-code

10. Courtesy of Mamoun Sakkal

11. http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/arabic/kufic/wa-kufic.jpg

12. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Kufic_Quran_7th_Cent.jpg

13. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ka2BI5qyVAU/Rj7v76vME_I/AAAAAAAABNk/0ymVqC5109k/s400/MI%234.JPG/_Ka2BI5qyVAU/Rj7v76vME_I/AAAAAAAABNk/0ymVqC5109k/s400/MI%25234.JPG Moulay Idris Volubilis Morocco

14. http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/MWEBimages/islamic_mm/full/M76_174_151.jpg Iran or Central Asia Stone Slab with Calligraphy , late 14th-early 15th century Stone, Stone, 5 9/16 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (14.13 x 37.47 x 6.35 cm)

17. kufikufi.blogspot.com

19. the world's first stain glass kufi square

25. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (1) Say: He, Allah, is One. قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿١﴾ (2) Allah is He on Whom all depend. ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ﴿٢﴾ (3) He begets not, nor is He begotten. لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴿٣﴾ (4) And none is like Him. وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ﴿٤﴾

28. http://shukoryahya.blogspot.com/

31. Nuh: 5-11, 2008 Emulsion on Linen 72 cm X 102 cm

32. Al Ikhlas (3), 2008 Emulsion on Linen 76 cm X 76 cm

33. Shahadah, 2008, Emulsion on Linen, 64 cm X 64 cm

34. Luqman :26, 2008 Emulsion on linen 102cm x 65cm

39. the world's first lego kufic square

40. the world's first kufi squares in a kufi square

42. http://hello.w0r1d.net/bilder/a_v_code.jpg

45. http://guide.theemiratesnetwork.com/living/dubai/images/the_palm/palm_jebel_ali.jpg