The Religious, Historical, and Cultural Development of Islamic Calligraphy
Islamic calligraphy isn’t just a gorgeous style of art, but a symbol for how rich and diverse the…
Letters
10 articles
You Have Loved Him All Along
What do you love in anything or anyone that is not His?In reality, you have loved Him all…
The Astonishing Story of Genome Organization: DNA Packaging in the Cell
Like most other experimental scientists, I hardly spend time in the library. In one of those rare occasions,…
The “Turkish Letters” of Ogier G. de Busbecq (1520-1592)
The Ottomans had a strong cultural and political presence over the Middle East, North Africa and South Eastern…
From Genes to Proteins: A New Level of Complexity
Newspapers frequently run articles reporting a study about a gene linked to some disease. Thanks to such wide…
Suffering and Mercy
Last month marked a great loss in world literature; on June 10 Chingiz Aytmatov died. This author, who…
Writing with Atoms
Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking that the art and wisdom of small things are easier to…
The Blessed Three Months in The Life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
The wonder of the age, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, had an exceptional life of worship. There are many accounts…
The Twelfth Word
This Word presents a brief comparison between the Qur’an’s sacred wisdom and human philosophy, a concise summary of…
From Cell to Body
Living creatures, which are arranged in an organization by a hierarchic system of non-living matter, are combinations of…