The arabic script, as always, is used as a vehicle of art. An art characterized by the beauty. This writing has developed, since ancient times, an ornamental style, called arabesque and composed by calligraphic and / or geometric elements. Arabic script, in the Muslim world , is very im[...]
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aprile 27th, 2015 - 11:59 § in Iraq
TELL AL-LAHM
Modern name: Tell al-Lahm Ancient name (if known): Kisiga or Kuara Geographic coordinate: 30° 50′ 0″ – 46° 20′ 0″ 30.8333° N – 46.333° E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – Suq Ash Shuyukh – al Fadhlyia Nearest City: About 18 miles (29 kil[...]
aprile 6th, 2015 - 09:00 § in Iraq
URUK/WARKA
Geographic coordinate: 31° 19′ 29.7120″ - 45° 38′ 18.2400″ 31.32492° N – 45.6384° E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Al Muthana – Samawa Nearest City: About 50 miles northwest of Ur on an ancient course of the Euphrates. 35 km north-e[...]
marzo 23rd, 2015 - 09:00 § in Iraq
Tell Awayli
Geografic coordinate: 31° 14′ 31.4088″- 45° 53′ 14.4600″ 31.242058°N-45.887350° E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – Nasiriyah – al Bathaa Nearest City: A short distance from Larsa (southeast). 32 km south-west from Shatrah. 43 km [...]
marzo 2nd, 2015 - 09:08 § in Iraq
Kutalla – Tell Sifr
Geographic coordinate: 31° 17′ 33.4320″ – 45° 57′ 57.6591″ 31.292620737° N – 45.966016487° E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – al Shatrah – al Gharaf Nearest City: A few kilometers east of Larsa. 23 km south-west from Sha[...]
febbraio 28th, 2015 - 12:00 § in Iraq
Larsa – Tell Senkereh
Coordinates 31° 17′ 9.00” – 45° 51′ 13.00″ / 31.285833° N – 45.853611° E Position: The ancient site is situated 47 km northwest of Nasiriyah, some 25 kilometers southeast of the mounds of Uruk, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal and 33 km sou[...]
marzo 12th, 2014 - 13:20 § in Iraq
Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi and visit of Nasiriyah Governor and his Delegation
Yesterday we have met in Rome Yahya al Nasri, Dhi-Qar Governor with his delegation in two different meetings. First of all I want to stress that it has been wonderful to share a day with our Iraqi friends, that help us so warmfully in our everyday life in Nasiriyah. The first meeting was hel[...]
febbraio 13th, 2014 - 09:12 § in Iraq
Lunch at al-Fayhaa Channel
Ali al-Shayal is a very good friend of us. He is a film maker and the director of the Nasiriyah office of the al-Fayhaa TV Channel. Today he invited us to have lunch with him and his team in the office in the center of the city. We enjoyed an excellent food and a wonderful [...][...]
febbraio 12th, 2014 - 11:58 § in Iraq
Nasiriyah Pottery Laboratory
Today we visited together with our good friend Amir Doshi the pottery laboratory of the Dhi-Qar directorate of education, directed by Qasim al Battat. [...]
febbraio 5th, 2014 - 11:39 § in Iraq
Nasiriyah café of intellectuals and artists (Nasiriyah 5)
We arrived very late yesterday in Nasiriyah, after several hours spent in Istanbul airport waiting for our flight to Basrah. After our arrival in the Urk (Uruk) hotel and a rest of one hour, we met our friends for a thé in the coffee in Habubi Street, where the intellectuals of Nasiriyah use[...]