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2015 - A Choreographer of Letters
Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs (Milan: Skira, 2015), pp. 7-9. This monograph on one of the Arab world’s most meticulous, focused, talented and productive artists is long... -
2015 - Introduction
Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs (Milan: Skira, 2015), pp. 11-15. “I don’t plan it, there are no pre-conceived designs; once I have chosen the format I enter... -
1969 - Mahdaoui the Alchemist
Originally published as 'Mahdaoui l’alchimiste ' in L’Afrique Littéraire et Artistique , no. 3, Paris, February 1969. Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs (Milan: Skira, 2015), pp. 19-24.... -
1974 - Mahdaoui’s Aesthetic Message
Originally published as “Le message esthétique de Mahdaoui ” in Calligraphies. Hommage à Nja Mahdaoui , monographic issue of Horizons Maghrébins & Cahier d'Études Maghrébines (Toulouse & Cologne, 1998), pp.... -
2015 - Between East and West. Nja Mahdaoui
Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs , (Milan: Skira, 2015), pp. 95-105. Form and writing are the twin poles between which the art of Nja Mahdaoui has developed... -
2015 - The Traveller with Pen in Hand
Translated from Arabic by Samir Mahmoud. Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs , (Milan: Skira, 2015), pp. 257-83. The Traveller with Pen in Hand: The Passion of the... -
1988 - In the Memory of Time
This interview by Normand Biron took place in Baie-Saint-Paul, where Nja Mahdaoui was invited as a guest artist of the French-speaking countries to take part in Nunatak: Symposium de la... -
2011 - The Last Word
The Last Word. Q & A with Myrna Ayad , Canvas Magazine , vol. 7, no. 5, September–October 2011, p. 168. Nja Mahdaoui: Jafr - The Alchemy of Signs (Milan:...
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