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Islamic Aesthetics, Gardens and Nature |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 25 January, 2007 |
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Sensory beauty, whether it be in feats of architecture or calligraphy, has long been a pursuit of Islamic civilisation. Achievements such as the Alhambra pertain to this fact. This article further describes the results of Muslims striving for beauty in their environment.
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The Secret Gardens of Sana'a |
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By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Thu 16 March, 2006 |
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In this article Tim Mackintosh-Smith investigates the horticultural past of Sana'a. Whereas as once Yemen at large was well known as a land lavishly green, Mackintosh-Smith discovers quite a different story amidst a city coping with the conflicting demands of modernity, and rumours of an increasingly nostalgic history.
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Abbasid Gardens in Baghdad and Samarra |
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By: Prof. Qasim Al-Samarrai, Thu 07 November, 2002 |
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The love of gardens during the Abbâsid period, whether in Baghdad or in Samarra, was born within the already existing cultural tradition of Mesopotamia, where the art of gardening had been perfected many centuries before.
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Gardens, Nature and Conservation in Islam |
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By: Selected Quotes, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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The notion, repeated in the Quran, of Paradise as a garden (al-janna, "The Garden") is symbolized in the form of Andalusi gardens, a few of which survive physically and some of which are described in literary sources.
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Gardens of Islam |
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By: Quoted from A. Watson, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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The inhabitants of the early Islamic world were, to a degree that is difficult for us to comprehend, enchanted by greenery.
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