Ua hui ʻo Dr Jamal Naja iaʻu i loko o kahi hale kūʻai kofe ma ke ala o kona home ma ke alanui Alamuddin, he helehelena mālie kokoke kolohe, hina lauoho, a waiho ʻo ia - me ka mālama nui - he ʻeke ʻeleʻele ma ka papaʻaina i mua ona.
ʻO Tripoli ma ka ʻākau ʻo Lebanona he kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Muslim a loaʻa iā Naja kahi PhD i nā haʻawina Islam. Akā, ʻo ia nō kekahi calligrapher a aia i loko o ka ʻeke ʻeleʻele kāna mau peni a me nā pulupulu. "ʻĀnō, e Robert, e lawe i kēia mau penikala ʻelua a hoʻolei i ka papahele." Makemake wau. He kani haʻahaʻa a haʻahaʻa kekahi. ʻO kekahi kani kiʻekiʻe a palupalu. "ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka memo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka penikala," wahi āna.
He Islam ka Calligraphy ma mua o ke ʻano hana kiʻi Arabic wale nō, no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ka poʻe Muslim i ke kiʻi kanaka ma ka hana hoʻomana. He 200 ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea kākau kelepona ma Iran akā ma Beirut, he kiʻi make ia - ʻo Naja kekahi o 10 mau calligraphers ʻoiaʻiʻo i koe - a ke hoʻopau mālie nei ke kamepiula i kēia mau mea hana. ʻOhi ʻo Naja i kahi pūʻā o nā ʻaoʻao ʻōniʻoniʻo a me kahi ipu ʻīnika liʻiliʻi a ʻo kāna mau peni a me kāna mau penikala e uwē ana ma luna o ka ʻili me he mea lā e ola ana lākou, ʻoi aku ka leo ma mua o ka peni ma ka papa ʻeleʻele.
Hoʻomanaʻo wau i nā Baibala i hoʻomālamalama ʻia, no ka mea, he mau leka kēia a me nā huaʻōlelo ma kahi kokoke loa hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi. Ua kope ʻo Naja i kahi sura mai ka Koran a ʻuā kāna peni a uē a uē, ʻo kāna palapala e neʻe ana i luna a lalo i ka ʻaoʻao, lalo a luna, ana ʻia i ka helu o nā "diamond" liʻiliʻi - ʻelima ka nui - a me ko lākou wahi i loko a ma lalo o nā consonants, e hōʻike pinepine ana i nā leo leo. I ka wā ma mua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻōlelo aupuni, ʻo Ottoman Firmins a me ka mana. He mea kūikawā ka ʻīnika, a ʻōlelo lākou he ʻala ʻalani.
Ua kapa ʻo Naja i kāna hana "ʻo ke kālepa o ka hanohano", a ʻike wau i ka manawa hoʻokahi 200 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, makemake ka mea heluhelu e kākau e like me kēia, ʻaʻole wale he hōʻoia o ka mana, akā no ke aʻo ʻana. ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau ke hoʻopau nei kā mākou laptops i ka heluhelu heluhelu o ka wā i hala. Hoʻopaʻa mau ʻo Naja i ka kikokikona o ka Koran a haiki kona mau maka. ʻO ia ka palapala a me ke kiʻi a me ka hoʻomana i ʻōwili ʻia i hoʻokahi. ʻO wai ka mea nāna e kope i ka Baibala i kēia lā? Manaʻo wau iā Lindisfarne, a me ka Buke o Kells e waiho nei i kēia manawa ma ka hale waihona puke nui o koʻu kulanui kahiko o Trinity College, ma ʻIlelani.
"ʻAʻole hiki ke aʻo koke ʻia ka calligraphy - a he leʻaleʻa a he hana hoʻi," wahi a Naja. "He poʻe kāligraphers Kalikiano, ʻaʻole naʻe he nui. Ua hūnā ʻia ka palapala ma ka hōʻike ʻana iā ia iho i ke kumu. Pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke wehewehe aku iā ʻoe? ʻO koʻu makuakāne koʻu kumu mua. e aʻo liʻiliʻi, e hana i kēia ʻike." Manaʻo wau inā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka calligraphy kahi mana linguistic o ka hīmeni ʻana. Hāʻawi mai ʻo Naja iaʻu i kahi ʻaoʻao. "No ka mea, ʻaʻole mele a maʻamau paha ka Koran i ke kākau ʻana, ʻaʻole like ka heluhelu ʻana e like me ka hīmeni ʻana. He ʻano ponoʻī kona."
ʻO ke kāula, kaulana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ka heluhelu heluhelu - ua kope ʻia kāna mau ʻōlelo ma hope - akā ua hoʻohui ʻo Naja "ʻaʻole ke ʻano o ka ʻike ʻole i ka hoʻonaʻauao - ua naʻauao ke kāula a ua ʻōlelo i nā calligraphers". I ka wā kahiko, e loaʻa iā lākou kahi palapala calligraphy, kahi hana i nalowale loa, ʻoiai ua lanakila ʻo Naja iā ia iho i nā makana honua ma ka calligraphy a ua lilo ʻo ia i luna kānāwai o ka calligraphic art. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka palapala Diwani āna e kākau nei ma lalo o ke aupuni Ottoman a ʻo ia paha ka calligraphy kaulana loa - ʻike mau ʻia ma nā pūnāwai kahiko ma Beirut - ʻo ia ka sila oihana Ottoman.
He kanaka koʻikoʻi ʻo Naja - pono ʻoe e kākau e like me kēia - akā hauʻoli ʻo ia i ke ola ma ke ʻano he kumu kula kulanui ma Beirut. "Ke pule nei au, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā, he kanaka hāmama wau. Ua hauʻoli wau i nā ʻāina āpau a me nā civili āpau.
Auwe, ʻaʻole ia e mālama i nā calligraphers o ka Middle East. Loaʻa kekahi i ko lākou ola i kēia lā (ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo Naja) ma ke kākau ʻana i nā menus hale ʻaina a i ʻole ke kākau ʻana i nā menus ʻaina ahiahi no nā pelekikena. He hopena kaumaha ia o nā kenekulia o ke kiʻi, ʻoiai e hele ana ʻo Naja no nā makahiki he nui. A laila, nānā au i kaʻu mau moʻolelo ponoʻī o kā mākou nīnauele, ma ka penikala maʻemaʻe, ma ke kākau lima ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke heluhelu. ʻO kēia ka mea kākau me ke kamepiula i hana ai iaʻu. Ua hoʻomaka wau e kākau ʻaʻole i nā leka a me nā huaʻōlelo akā ʻo ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo, nā kiʻi o nā huaʻōlelo kahi aʻu i manaʻo ai i kēia manawa i nā leka nalo. Manaʻo wau no ka mea hiki i ka laptop ke noʻonoʻo wikiwiki aʻe ma mua o ka hiki iaʻu ke kākau a i koʻu hoʻi ʻana i ka penikala, lele kaʻu mau ʻōlelo i kekahi i kekahi.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Naja e hana ma kahi pepa ʻē aʻe a hoʻomaka hou ka peni uē. A laila, ʻike wau aia kahi lipine kilika ma loko o ka peni a ʻo ia ka mea e uwē nei, e holo ana ka ʻīnika i ka mea a hoʻopili ʻia ke kaomi o ka peni i ke kilika. Helu mālie au i kāna kākau ʻana. R-Wow-Bay-R-T-F-Yay-Sin-Kaf. "Robert Fisk," i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo ʻAlapia. A kākau ʻo ia i kona inoa ponoʻī ma nā leka liʻiliʻi ma lalo: "Jamal Naja, Tripoli, ma 5/11/2011."
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