Research interests include Islamic art, Southeast Asian art, Malay manuscripts, magic and divination
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
6 Dec 2023
💫𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐌 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘💫
In conjunction with 25 years of IAMM this month, come and listen to experts talk about a range of topics on Islamic Art this 13 December!
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
29 May 2023
The text is on the next page: qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_…
Anna Contadini has translated this passage in her book 'A World of Beasts' brill.com/display/title/1250…, pp. 85-6
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
13 Jan 2023
I will share some threads soon about the Science and Craft conference. Today, we had the magical inks workshop which was fantastic thanks to the stellar @joumajnouna ! More on the conference and workshop soon.
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
12 Jan 2023
‘The Future of Traditions - Writings Pictures: Contemporary Art from the Middle East’ opens today @BruneiGallery!
The exhibition explores 3 generations of artists from the Arab world, from early pioneers of ‘Lettrism’ to those incorporating written word in their works today.
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
7 Jan 2023
I go to London tomorrow for a conference I have organised at the Warburg Institute @Warburg_News entitled “Science and Craft: the relations between the theoretical and practical sides of the occult and esoteric sciences in the Islamic World”. The line-up is epic, I’d say!
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
7 Jul 2022
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are looking for a Research Fellow to join our wonderful team @hsmOxford and carry out research on astrolabes from the Islamic world
#IslamicArt #astrolabes #HistSci #HistAstro
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
9 Jun 2022
Got a research question? Want to find out more about your family history? Need an image? We can help: thousands of resources from our collections are available online. Have a look, or get in touch (special.collections@soas.ac.uk) ow.ly/Xexg50Jtb8C #InternationalArchivesDay
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
26 May 2022
IOW-Arch conference 19-20 December 2022 in Exeter, devoted to the archaeology and material culture of the Indian Ocean World. Call for papers extended to 11 July: iow-arch.com/
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
My short review of Liana Saif @MaslamaQ Mat Melvin-Koushki @mmelvink Francesca Leoni @simurgh74 and Farouk Yahya @FaroukCat marvelous book.
academia.edu/79555559/Review…
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
11 May 2022
Anglo Indonesia Society, London
Fascinating discussion (10/5) with @FaroukCat and @BLMalay about ancient Malay manuscripts and what we can learn from the watermarks that identify the origins of the paper (English/Dutch/Italian...)
Like to join AIS? Pls get in touch.
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
10 May 2022
We are pleased to offer a fully-funded PhD Scholarship for students of Islamic Art & Architecture.
The award includes tuition fees & stipend. Any full-time PhD programme looking at Islamic Art, Architecture, Urbanism or Archaeology can apply by 10 June!
soas.ac.uk/registry/scholars…
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
24 Feb 2022
I will be speaking about mostly previously unpublished Southeast Asian Qur'an manuscripts in the Qatar National Library @QNLib on 30 March 2022, register now events.qnl.qa/event/Q2VV9/EN
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
24 Feb 2022
When Mulaika Hijjas of @SOAS and Jessica Rahardjo @jrhrdj ran a free online #Jawi course during the pandemic, almost all the students who signed up were native speakers of Malay/Indonesian teachingthecodex.com/2022/02…
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
3 Feb 2022
Interesting and comprehensive review of this volume, with a chapter on calligrams in Southeast Asia such as 'macan Ali' by @FaroukCat
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
2 Feb 2022
Special issue of @IndonesiaMalayW 'Malay manuscripts: a guide to paper and watermarks. The collected works of Russell Jones 1972–2015' ed by @FaroukCat is now available on open access, grab the opportunity to download this for free! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
2 Feb 2022
Keluaran khusus tahun 2021 majalah @IndonesiaMalayW yg mengumpulkan semua artikel Dr Russell Jones tentang kertas yg di gunakan dalam manuskrip Melayu serta cap airnya (watermark), disusun oleh Farouk Yahya @FaroukCat, sekarang dapat diunduh percuma/gratis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
28 Jan 2022
New blog post royalasiaticsociety.org/gert… reports on last night's lectures by @FaroukCat Farouk Yahya and Philip Jagessar.
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
13 Jan 2022
Brought to you courtesy of an upcoming (hybrid) lecture at @RAS_Soc : Talismans with the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus/Ashab al-Kahf in Southeast Asia
to be given by @FaroukCat
at 1830 on Thursday, 27 January
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Farouk Yahya retweeted
2 Sep 2021
Warfare in Muslim Material Cultures: From Egypt to Bilad al-Sham (Online Short Course) barakat.org/event/warfare-in…
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