Assalamu’alaikum and greetings to all,

We hope everything is fine over there. As promised, we would like to present you with a writing about one of the legendary Islamic city - Andalucia. However, we are not going to write it like the textbook instead we invited Afnizar Mohd from University of Manchester to share her travel notes with all of us. Since she has a lot to share, thus we have divided her notes by parts. What’s more, we are glad to feature photographs shot by Mohd Haneef Nasir from Cardiff University during his trip there. Without wasting your time, here’s Part 1 of Andalucia: Remnants of Abandones Stories.

How many fellow-travellers have I known? I cannot count.
How many corners of the Earth? I cannot tell.
Now that my wanderings east and west are done,
There is but one last corner left: my grave.

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Assalamu’alaikum and greetings to all, we know it’s summer and we are also taking a short break. We don’t totally stop posting articles and wallpapers, it is just that we are quite busy with our Kem Eksplorasi Minda (KEM 2008) which will be held from July 24th until August 3rd. Enjoy your break and take care of your good deeds and we hope you have a joyful holiday! So, here’s your Summer 2008 wallpaper

Summer 2008 » 1024 x 768 (normal) - 1280 x 800 (widescreen)

See you next time insyaAllah. Wassalam

Islamic calligraphy, also known as Arabic calligraphy, is the art of writing, and by extension, of bookmaking (Bloom 1999, page 218). There are several types of style in writing Islamic calligraphy and the famous are Thuluth, Khufi, Nasakh, Diwani, Farsi and Riq’a. In this entry we will share with you links to download prewritten Islamic calligraphy in the Windows/Mac format.

• AGA Islamic Phases
• Arabic Unicode Fonts
• Typefaces and type design for Arabic

Few examples of Islamic calligrapy for the word basmalah which means In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful.

Further reading »

1. Arabic Calligraphy
2. Wikipedia: Islamic Calligraphy

Note: ISAC studio is not responsible for any copyright infringement due to the misuse of any fonts that you download. However, as far as we concern, all of the are free for personal use. If you have any question, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

As promised, this is the wallpaper and calendar for the June 2008 edition. Grab yours now! Available in two sizes, widescreen (1280 x 800 pixels) and normal (1024 x 768 pixels). And we hope this month all of us (including you) will be more productive and efficient for the sake of Allah s.w.t.

June 2008 »  1024 x 768 (normal) - 1280 x 800 (widescreen)

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For most of us, surfing the internet has become one of our daily routine. No matter what we do, it is always best to use our time wisely. We should prioritize our work before using the internet as time will pass us by so quickly. In this post, we would like to share few Islamic website links which could be useful for all of us. Do you have any? Share it with all of us

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