Abdel Ghani Alani

Abdel Ghani Alani , also written Ghani Alani , (* 1937 in Baghdad , Iraq ) is a calligrapher of Iraqi origin living in France .

Life

Alani has lived in France for decades and is one of the internationally known representatives of contemporary Arabic-Islamic calligraphy, whose works have been exhibited in many countries. He stands in the tradition of the Calligraphy School of Baghdad and taught his art at the University of Aix-en-Provence , then at the Institut national des langues et civilizations orientales (Inalco) in Paris , and at the Atéliers des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris .

(Selection)

Untitled. Black ink on paper, 60 cm × 50 cm, British Museum - Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund, London 1990.

Calligraphy arabe: Initiation . Éditions Fleurus, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-215-07065-8 .
- in Polish: Kaligrafia arabska. 2008.
L'Écriture de l'écriture: Traité de calligraphie arabo-musulmane . Editions Dervy, Paris 2002.
Une gesture of the sign . Editions Fata Morgana, Paris 2002.
Divan des lettres amoureuses . Éditions L'Archange Minotaure, Paris 2007.
with Giovanni Dottoli: Calligraphie de l'alphabet . Schena, Fasano, Italy 2009, ISBN 978-88-8229-828-9 .
with Giovanni Dottoli: Calligraphie de l'alphabet . Alain Baudry, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-35755-027-8 .

Literature by and about Abdel Ghani Alani in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

personal data
SURNAME	Alani, Abdel Ghani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alani, Ghani
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iraqi calligrapher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baghdad , Iraq