Ahmed Moustafa is an artist and scholar of international repute and now a leading authority on Arabic art and design. Initially trained as a figurative artist in the neo-classical European tradition, and drawing his inspiration primarily from Renaissance masters, he subsequently rediscovered his Islamic roots.

His work is now almost exclusively devoted to abstract compositions inspired by texts from the Holy Qur'an. Ahmed Moustafa integrates his inner experiences with experiences of external reality, with a masterly fusion of classical European painting techniques and the exacting discipline of Islamic calligraphy. This rich visual vocabulary provided by this innovative interpenetration and synthesis of two contrast...