IRCICA Newsletter, issue 82-83

Presentation of Ijaza (diplomas/licenses) to calligraphers
having completed the courses coordinated by IRCICA
Sixteen calligraphers from six
countries (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey, UK, UAE, USA) received
diplomas. The Consul Generals of
Algeria, Albania, Egypt, the United
Arab Emirates, Qatar, Sudan, Syria
present that day, the Governor of
Istanbul, the Assistant Secretary
General of OIC, the District Governor
of Güngören (Istanbul), the Governing
Board members, the Advisor to H.H.
the Emir of Dubai Mr. Houaireb
Mheiry, and the Director General of
IRCICA presented their diplomas.
Mr. Abdulnasir Mustafa Bashaan Badrani from Saudi Arabia
received a diploma in the thuluth-naskh style from his teacher
the well-known calligrapher Mr. Hasan Çelebi. Born in Syria,
Mr. Badrani studied medicine at the University of Aleppo. He
taught physics and chemistry at the universities of Mecca, Taif
and Jeddah. He lives in Saudi Arabia since 1994.
Mr. Ferhat Kurlu from Turkey received a diploma in the
taliq style from Mr. Hasan Çelebi. Earlier he had received
a diploma in the thuluth-naskh style. Kurlu is the imam of
Meşrutiyet Mosque in Nişantaşı, Istanbul.
Sir Mark Allen from London, UK received an Ijaza from Mr.
Nassar Mansour (Jordan) in the muhaqaq style. Sir Allen was
educated in Arabic and Turkic Languages at Oxford University.
As a member of the British diplomatic service from 1973-2004
he served in Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Belgrade and Amman.
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Prof. Nihad Dukhan, faculty member at the Department
of Mechanical Engineering of Detroit Mercy University,
Michigan, received an Ijaza in the thukuth-naskh style from
Hasan Çelebi. In the USA he had learnt calligraphy from the
American calligrapher Muhammed Zakariya.