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‘On the banks of geniuses’
Salhani Publishing, Syria
2013
The first harbor: Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Written by Yola Afif Bahnassi
Paintings and Designs by Nja MahdaouiIntroduction by H.E. Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Oweis
(Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development of the UAE)Design & Layout by Nja Mahdaoui and Hégère Belhassine, Initial
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LE MAÎTRE D'AMOUR
Albin Michel Publishing, France
2004
An art book and tribute to the Andalusian great Sufi master Ibn Arabi.
With the complicity of his friend, the Spanish writer Rodrigo de Zayas, who evokes the life of the ‘Master of love’, Nja Mahdaoui presents 60 graphic compositions and verses of Ibn Arabi glorifying the Love in its multiple assertions.
The oceanic work of Ibn Arabi (1165-1240), knowned as the ‘greatest master’, concentrates on a word, a single word which is present in each of his poems and its mystic treaties: Love.
Sensual Love of the lovers towards the perfect union; universal love of beings, which, beyond all their religious, cultural or social differences, join in the transcendent Unity; both painful and bright, the love of the soul in search of his divine Beloved… -
‘KUN’
Simpact Publishing, Tunisia
2013
Akwels by Kaouther Titch
Paintings by Nja Mahdaoui -
‘KUN’
Simpact Publishing, Tunisia
2013
Akwels by Kaouther Titch
Paintings by Nja Mahdaoui -
‘ELIGIE DES CIRCONCIS’, A TRIBUTE TO LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR
Seuil Publishing, France
1987
Text by Leopold Sedar Senghor
Calligraphy by Nja Mahdaoui
Embossing (gold leaf) by Marc Pessin
Edition of 15
Presented at the Vorèpe Museum – France,
in presence of Leopold Sedar Senghor -
‘ELIGIE DES CIRCONCIS’, A TRIBUTE TO LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR
Seuil Publishing, France
1987
Text by Leopold Sedar Senghor
Calligraphy by Nja Mahdaoui
Embossing (gold leaf) by Marc Pessin
Edition of 15
Presented at the Vorèpe Museum – France,
in presence of Leopold Sedar Senghor -
‘GISANTS’
Fata Morgana Publishing, France
2012
Poems by Moëz Majed
Calligraphy by Nja Mahdaoui
Edition of 80 -
‘GISANTS’
Fata Morgana Publishing, France
2012
Poems by Moëz Majed
Calligraphy by Nja Mahdaoui
Edition of 80 -
LE MAÎTRE D'AMOUR
Albin Michel Publishing, France
2004
An art book and tribute to the Andalusian great Sufi master Ibn Arabi.
With the complicity of his friend, the Spanish writer Rodrigo de Zayas, who evokes the life of the ‘Master of love’, Nja Mahdaoui presents 60 graphic compositions and verses of Ibn Arabi glorifying the Love in its multiple assertions.
The oceanic work of Ibn Arabi (1165-1240), knowned as the ‘greatest master’, concentrates on a word, a single word which is present in each of his poems and its mystic treaties: Love.
Sensual Love of the lovers towards the perfect union; universal love of beings, which, beyond all their religious, cultural or social differences, join in the transcendent Unity; both painful and bright, the love of the soul in search of his divine Beloved… -
‘MARATEB EL ICHQ’ (The passion’s degrees)
Simpact Publishing, Tunisia
1998
A book of correspondence and dialogue between Nja Mahdaoui and the Saudi novelist Raja Alem. An authentic poetic and plastic adventure combining Nja Mahdaoui’s graphisms to Raja Alem texts.
Raja Alem is an active playwright, poet and novelist and is the recipient of several prestigious international prizes, as the International Prize for Arabic Fiction In 2011 for her novel ‘The dove’s necklace’.
Raja and her sister Shadia Alem represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its debut participation at la Biennale di Venezia 2011. -
‘MARATEB EL ICHQ’ (The passion’s degrees)
Simpact Publishing, Tunisia
1998
A book of correspondence and dialogue between Nja Mahdaoui and the Saudi novelist Raja Alem. An authentic poetic and plastic adventure combining Nja Mahdaoui’s graphisms to Raja Alem texts.
Raja Alem is an active playwright, poet and novelist and is the recipient of several prestigious international prizes, as the International Prize for Arabic Fiction In 2011 for her novel ‘The dove’s necklace’.
Raja and her sister Shadia Alem represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its debut participation at la Biennale di Venezia 2011. -
‘BADR CHAKER ES SAYYÂB: The DJAYKOÛR POEMS’
Fata Morgana Publishing, France
2000
Presentation and translation by Salah Stétié
Calligraphy by Nja Mahdaoui
Edition of 600, out of print -
‘BADR CHAKER ES SAYYÂB: The DJAYKOÛR POEMS’
Fata Morgana Publishing, France
2000
Presentation and translation by Salah Stétié
Calligraphy by Nja Mahdaoui
Edition of 600, out of print -
‘LA VOLUPTE D'EN MOURIR’
Alternatives Publishing, France
2001
Nja Mahdaoui creates contemporary illustrations for a love story of the 1001 Nights: ‘The Tale of Ali Ben Bakkar and Shams an-Nahar’.
This tale, translated by Jamal Eddine Bencheikh, and until then
unpublished into French, tells in fourteen Nights the impossible love between two young people.
The work of Nja Mahdaoui masterfully accompanies the ‘funeral and triumphant march’ of this surprising tale.
Nja Mahdaoui’s illustrations punctuate the movements of the text with wide black volutes, similar to the Arabic letters but meaningless.
The color in its magnificence, evokes the wealth of fabrics and clothes.
The book is a reproduction of an original silkscreen print Portfolio
created by Nja Mahdaoui and realized in Lyon, by Paul Mabboux in 1992.
On copy of this Portfolio was acquired by the BNF, French National
Library (Rare books collections)
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‘LA VOLUPTE D'EN MOURIR’
Alternatives Publishing, France
2001
Nja Mahdaoui creates contemporary illustrations for a love story of the 1001 Nights: ‘The Tale of Ali Ben Bakkar and Shams an-Nahar’.
This tale, translated by Jamal Eddine Bencheikh, and until then
unpublished into French, tells in fourteen Nights the impossible love between two young people.
The work of Nja Mahdaoui masterfully accompanies the ‘funeral and triumphant march’ of this surprising tale.
Nja Mahdaoui’s illustrations punctuate the movements of the text with wide black volutes, similar to the Arabic letters but meaningless.
The color in its magnificence, evokes the wealth of fabrics and clothes.
The book is a reproduction of an original silkscreen print Portfolio
created by Nja Mahdaoui and realized in Lyon, by Paul Mabboux in 1992.
On copy of this Portfolio was acquired by the BNF, French National
Library (Rare books collections)