Break down your tents and lay your hearts to one another. A saying from Algeria Translated into Arabic by Dr Malika Bendaoud Boulkifane (Oran, Algeria) Stolberg 2018 (Die Sprache der Wüste)
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I built the Devotional Wall at the joint cemetery of Jews, Christians and Muslims in Alzey (near Mainz) on behalf of the city of Alzey and designed it with 99 names of God on blue clay tiles. The devotional wall measures 400cm x 270cm and was finished in September 2020.
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Texts by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheCommentary by Karl-Josef KuschelCalligraphies by Shahid AlamPublisher Patmos Verlag, Verlagsgruppe Patmos der Schwabenverlag AG OstfildernISBN 978-3-8436-1246-3Planned publication date: February 2021 Both the author and the artist are available for events. Please contact: birgit.berg-becker@verlagsgruppe-patmos.de God is the Orient!God is the Occident!Northern and southern terrainRest in the peace of his hands.JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Shahid Alam, CalligrapherShahid […]
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“I saw, with amazement and pleasure,Lying a peacock feather in the Coran,Welcome to the sacred place!”West-Eastern Divan, Goethe Oil, ink and India ink on birch wood Stolberg 2020 (Pfauenfeder im Coran)
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God is not Catholic.God is not evangelical.God is not orthodox.God is not even Christian.God is not the GodOf this or that religion.God is God.God is God andThe father of all people.God wants the salvation of all people.God cares for all people.God loves all people.God is God for all.He is our good father.We are all his creatures,Children of this earth. Bishop […]
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“For life is love and the life of life is spirit.” West-Eastern Divan, Goethe Translated into Arabic by Prof. Adnan Abbas Stolberg 2018 (Al-Hubb – Die Liebe)
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Break down your tents and lay your hearts to one another. A saying from Algeria Translated into Arabic by Dr Malika Bendaoud Boulkifane (Oran, Algeria) Stolberg 2018 (Die Sprache der Wüste)
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The Koran, Sura “the Light”: 24: 35 Translation by Friedrich Rückert (“Gott ist das Licht des Himmels und der Erde”)
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The great reformer Martin Luther before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521. Translated by Dr Abd el-Halim Ragab, Bamberg India ink, ink and watercolours on paper Stolberg 2015 (“Hier stehe ich und kann nicht anders! Gott helfe mir, Amen!“)
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Friedrich Rückert Translated into Arabic by Dr. Abd el-Halim Ragab (University of Heidelberg). Ink on paper Stolberg 2015 (“Weltpoesie allein ist Weltversöhnung”)
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