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Muslimah walking my Re-Painted Square Labyrinth with her Little One on Augusta Avenue during Pedestrian Sunday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katrine Bertrand (@katreezyb)
Muslimah walking my Re-Painted Square Labyrinth with her Little One on Augusta Avenue during Pedestrian Sunday.
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Directions and process “I was commissioned by Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies to create this mural. At first, we were looking to create a design that would represent Muslims in Vancouver. It immediately felt like an overwhelming task, because one piece of work won’t do any justice to the complexity and uniqueness of these people. […]
"Vancouver artist,Doaa Jamal, was commissioned by the Centre to create a mural for the Vancouver Mural Festival reflecting her own engagement with being a Muslim artist in the city.Her mural,entitled 'Why can't they see us?',draws on verses of the Quran.." https://t.co/OA0xo77xZ7
Artist Doaa Jamal and our mural are featured in this short video. If you don't know what the beautiful script on the mural says, listen to Doaa explain. It was a great project in collaboration with Vancouver Mural Festival @vanmuralfesthttps://t.co/uwbk018ZPv
“Trying to leave a Masjid while others are praying” Okay, I found that funny, as would any Muslim… Youll never know a real maze until you are trying to leave the mosque while some people are still praying #thestruggle — Amun Uppal (@amun824) August 3, 2013 Maze Runner 😂 #muslim #muslimmemes #maze #masjid #prayer -follow […]
“Trying to leave a Masjid while others are praying”
Okay, I found that funny, as would any Muslim…
Youll never know a real maze until you are trying to leave the mosque while some people are still praying #thestruggle
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It’s Ramadan and this caught my attention… This image visually weaves together two of my parallel projects, this, The City of Labyrinths Project and my 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan project. Another stepping stone in my understanding of Labyrinths in Islam. Ada yang Putra Putrinya baru pertama kali belajar puasa? . . Ajak […]
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Muslims in Toronto have been marking the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan with Eid al Fitr. I attended GTA Eid at Metro Toronto Convention Centre hosted by Muslim Association of Canada. After prayers, Muslim children, namely brothers Omar and Ammar and their big sister, helped create a Labyrinth using masking tape.
Bismillah Bismillah — In the Name of God Alone — is spoken aloud and whispered upon the lips millions of Muslims — and some Arabic speaking Christians — before they began any endeavour, simple and ordinary or complex and involved. I found myself catching the Fajr — Dawn — prayers at the Dawah Centre in […]
Bismillah
Bismillah — In the Name of God Alone — is spoken aloud and whispered upon the lips millions of Muslims — and some Arabic speaking Christians — before they began any endeavour, simple and ordinary or complex and involved.
With the shortest of the five daily prayers completed, worshipers dissipated elsewhere into the prayer hall, allowing me to eye the prayer mat of the Imam. I notice as if for the first time, the pattern framing the prayer rug had a labyrinth-like motif.
