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MP Requests PM to Cancel 60S Decision ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021 3 Weather Expected weather for next 24 hrs: light to moderate north westerly Jahra 49 38 Prayer Timings By Day: Very hot and humid over wind with speeds of 08-38 km/h and Salmiyah 44 35 Fajr ........ 03:35 Asr .......... 15:30 coastal areas with light to moderate some scattered clouds will appear. Ahmadi 45 37 Sunrise .. 05:05 Maghrib .. 18:44 south easterly wind to light variable Station Max Exp Min Rec Wafra 48 34 Zohr ....... 11:54 Isha ........20:12 wind with speeds of 12-38 km/h. Kuwait City 48 37 Salmy 48 35 By Night: Hot to rather hot and Kuwait Airport 48 39 Jal Aliyah 49 34 humid with light variable wind to Abdaly 49 34 Managish - 33 VACCINE REGISTRATION WEBSITE: https://cov19vaccine.moh.gov.kw/SPCMS/CVD_19_Vaccine_Registration.aspx Prayer Pride Continued from Page 2 has tarnished and become dark. Some were two reasons for this. The first small holes in one of the curtains was a desire to protect professional were made by pilgrims who ripped secrets: the cutting of the reed pen out pieces to take home as souvenirs. was an art in itself, almost unobtain- “The kiswa is changed annually able except from a master willing to and it used to be transported by cam- demonstrate the technique. The sec- el from Cairo to Makkah in a big cer- ond reason was that it was believed emonial procession,” says Ziad. that possessing a pen prepared by a “The museum has a large collection master calligrapher for his own use of embroidered fabrics from both in- was a way of connecting to, and ac- side and outside the Holy Kaaba, in- quiring some part of, the master’s cluding the three large curtains from creativity, knowledge, energy, and the outside door, the large belt that power.” goes around the Kaaba, and some cur- Dr Safwat stated that since the tains from inside the Kaaba, including Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was the curtain that covers the Door of Re- instructed by God to “obtain knowl- pentance.” edge from the power of the pen,” the The latter is an exquisite curtain writing instrument is held in high embroidered with heavy gold and esteem in the Islamic culture. Hence silver threads on red velvet. It cov- the expression, “A well-cut pen in ered the door that leads to the flight the hand of a master calligrapher is of steps ascending to the roof of the mightier than the sword.” Calligra- Holy Kaaba. phy developed into an art form as a Hanging in the same gallery as the result of Muslims trying to beautify curtain of the Door of Repentance their writing in order to make it wor- is a large panel painted in gold on thy of recording the Holy Quran. a black background by Sultan Mah- In room after room there are mas- moud Khan. Sultan Mahmoud ruled terpieces of the calligrapher’s art the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to from all parts of the Muslim world, 1839 and was an accomplished cal- evidence of how all Muslim coun- ligrapher. In days gone by, Muslim tries contributed to the art form’s sultans, kings, and emperors were all development with different styles. proud to become calligraphers, as the From Indonesia there is a Holy Quran The Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy in Jabriya is the fi rst museum of its kind in the entire Arab world. It houses a magnifi cent collection art form possessed the highest status. inscribed on dried palm leaves with of some of the world’s fi nest examples of calligraphy, including works of unsurpassed beauty by some of the Ottoman sultans. To become a qualified calligrapher a hot nail, dated 1843 AD. Strips of under the guidance of a master was palm leaves were arranged in narrow considered an honor. A lengthy peri- horizontal panels and sewn together New ‘tragedy’ in offing od of study with many hours of prac- so that the book measures about a tice a day was required, culminating meter and a quarter across when in extremely difficult examinations. open. Al-Mutla’a housing project postponed indefinitely In a treatise on calligraphy by Sul- From Iran there is a delicate glass tan Ali, the Ottoman ruler advised ewer, decorated with a series of birds KUWAIT CITY, July 26: “The Board of Directors of Al-Mutla’a city until the implementation of the nies submitting several inquiries that were not the calligraphy student, “You will and an inscription that translates as of the Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) project; otherwise the tragedies of the people of Sa- answered.” abandon peace and sleep, even from “blessing to the owner.” It was made rejected the request of the Ministry of Public Works bah Al-Ahmad Residential area will recur with the It is worth mentioning that the South Al-Mutla’a your tender years.” in Khorasan in the late eleventh or to reopen the bidding process for companies for the residents of Al-Mutla’a city.” City Purifi cation Plant Project, which has an esti- Another example of Sultan Mah- early twelfth century AD. In the same South Al-Mutla’a purifi cation plant project. This The sources indicated CAPT’s tendency to pos- mated cost of KD 175 million, is considered one of moud’s work is a ten-meter long cal- room is a wooden box in the shape of means that the housing project in Al-Mutla’a is sibly cancel the project and ask the ministry to re- the major development projects related to services now postponed indefi nitely”, reports Al-Rai daily submit it, revealing that the rehabilitation process is and infrastructure. ligraphic panel made with gold and a yurt, the tent dwelling of Central quoting informed sources from the Ministry of expected to take more than a year. The plant’s capacity reaches 400,000 cubic me- silver thread, which is also from in- Asian nomads. Quranic inscriptions Public Works as saying. Stressing that the ministry intends to submit a ters of water per day. The project also includes the side the Holy Kaaba. The calligraphy were carved into it and it dates from They went on to say, “This decision taken by the letter to the agency asking it to reconsider the is- design and construction of a main electrical trans- gives the full name of the Sultan and the same time period as the ewer. agency’s board of directors during its last meeting sue of opening bids, the sources called for “inves- fer station to produce 16 megawatts, and the design his ancestors and also bears his sig- A very fine cotton material with has left the ministry with no choice but to cancel the tigating the procedures for offering qualifi cation and construction of a control and distribution sys- nature. Quranic verses woven into it was project and re-propose it again. This will result in and the reasons that previously called for closing tem for treated water which will include a treated On display nearby is a large cabi- made in India in 1698 AD. One has postponing the housing of the owners of the plots the bidding door, despite the competing compa- water control center. net specially made for the safe keep- to marvel that such a fragile fabric ing of copies of the Holy Quran. It’s that looks as light as air, could have decorated with beautifully carved survived from the late Moghul pe- Quranic verses and was made in Ye- riod in such pristine condition. MP requests PM to men in 1581 AD. Stretching across an entire wall is Arabic calligraphy is also evident an incredible piece of incised callig- on a collection of Umayyad gold raphy on paper, made in Syria during dinars. The Islamic caliphate had re- the early twentieth century. The cal- formed the coinage of the region by ligrapher first wrote verses from the cancel 60s decision replacing pictures with words, with Holy Quran in neat, tiny rows across inscriptions generally being quotes seven meters of paper and then pro- from the Holy Quran. The printed in- ceeded to cut them all out. The re- ‘PAM move random, illogical’ formation beside the coins states that sult is an awe-inspiring testimony the first Islamic gold coin, or dinar, to what can be accomplished with By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh On the other hand, the parliamentary was minted during the reign of the tremendous skill and patience and a Education, Culture and Guidance Affairs Umayyad Caliph Abd Al Malik bin very sharp knife. Arab Times Staff Committee will discuss the return to school Marwan towards the end of 696 AD. Many scholars agree that out of KUWAIT CITY, July 26: MP plan for year 2021/2022 on Tuesday. The collection of gold dinars on dis- all the various dynasties that pro- KUNA photo Adnan Abdulsamad has called on Committee Chairman MP Hamad Al- play ranges from 697 AD to 749 AD, duced outstanding calligraphers, Firemen tackle the blaze at Al-Naeem scrapyard. Matar disclosed that senior offi cials at the His Highness the Prime Minister ministries of Education and Higher Educa- when the Umayyads were succeeded some of the most gifted and in- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid to cancel by the Abbasids. spired were the Ottoman Turks. tion, Kuwait University and private univer- ‘First of its kind’ what he regards as random and il- sities will attend the meeting; as well as the In the next room is a collection The Ottomans developed a script logical decision issued by the Pub- representatives of several non-governmen- of amber and other semi-precious called diwani, which refers to the tal organizations (NGOs).
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