Above is a cover of a Mamluk copy of the Qur’an that dates to the early 14th century. It’s from an excellent site ISLAMIC ARTS & ARCHITECTURE (http://islamic-arts.org) that I found from a link to the Burnley-based LOVE & ETIQUETTE Facebook page. It’s well worth linking to Love & Etiquette (https://www.facebook.com/love.etiquette) as Rizwan Iqbal posts fascinating,…

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I met Shamshad Khan in Manchester last week and we discussed and planned how Different Moons would develop this year. Shamshad had a copy of a lovely anthology of poems inspired by the moon, ‘To The Moon’, edited by Carol Anne Duffy. Once we finished I went straight out and ordered my own copy.  We…

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