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Dr. Jackie Armijo is Associate Professor at Qatar University, where she teaches courses on China and on Global Issues. Her research interests include Islam in China, both early history and present situation; the recent revival of Islamic education within China and the growing impact of Chinese Muslim students studying at international centers of Islamic learning; the growing importance of China-Gulf relations and their potential social, political, economic and strategic impacts; and Gender and Islam, with a focus on Muslim women living outside of the Middle East. Dr. Armijo earned her PhD in Inner Asian and Altaic Studies from Harvard University.
Islamic Calligraphy in China: Images and Histories
Given the prominence of calligraphy in the traditional arts of both the Islamic world and China, it is only natural that Islamic calligraphy plays an important cultural role in Chinese Muslim communities. The art form’s survival over the centuries in China, even during prolonged periods of isolation from the rest of the Islamic world, reflects the strength of Chinese Muslims’ religious traditions, as well as the critical function of the written word within these traditions.
