Feature in Norwegian daily newspaper: Vårt Land

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Ayesha

Many thanks to Heidi Marie Lindekleiv of Norwegian daily Vårt Land for this beautiful and insightful article on the revival of Islamic arts in Europe. Last month, Heidi interviewed Khaled Azzam from the The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, and myself. I … Continue reading →

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New Course in Ottoman Design and Illumination

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Ayesha

If you would like to learn how to make an illuminated tile design like this, come join us on my Ottoman Design and Illumination Course with the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts. Dates: 13th-17th Feb 2017 Times: 10.30am-5.30pm Venue: Al … Continue reading →

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Spring 2016 Islamic Art courses in London and Windsor

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Ayesha

I am delighted to announce that I will be teaching the following courses over the coming weeks and months:

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Incredible artwork from my students; future Islamic art courses in Windsor

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Ayesha

A little update on the incredible work produced by my students over the summer in my Islamic art workshops. We held classes in Islamic manuscript illumination (or tezhib / tezhip, as it is known in Arabic and Turkish), geometry, and … Continue reading →

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Islamic geometry and plaster carving workshop at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Ayesha

Last week, I was back at Cambridge University to deliver my second Islamic art workshop for the year. I had a full day to work with the wonderful trainee art teachers, so I decided to go into a little more … Continue reading →

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New work added to my gallery!

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Ayesha

…and about time, too! New work has been added to the artwork and illustration galleries, and I have updated the workshop section with images from my classes in Doha and Cambridge. Pop along and take a look! P.S. This beautiful … Continue reading →

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Teaching at Cambridge University

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Ayesha

I recently delivered an Islamic art workshop to trainee art teachers on the PGCE course at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. I demonstrated a few simple techniques that these new art teachers could use to generate Islamic-inspired floral … Continue reading →

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Workshops in Doha

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Ayesha

I have recently returned to the UK after delivering a series of workshops in Doha, Qatar. For two weeks in July / August 2012, myself and two colleagues from the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts led Islamic art classes at … Continue reading →

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May-June 2011 Abu Dhabi workshops

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Ayesha

Firstly, to all of my blog readers – I am so sorry for the delay in updating my posts! These past few months have been crazy busy, and it’s been difficult to find the time and space to sit down … Continue reading →

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More student’s work…

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ayesha

I would like to share a few pictures of my student’s work from the spring PSTA Islamic manuscript illumination course. As you can see from the image above, they are doing amazingly well! To read about the course content and … Continue reading →

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