Artist

Ahmed Jamal Qureshi

Born in Colorado, JAMAL QURESHI is a lifelong member of the LDS Church whose family hails from Norway and Pakistan. His life straddles the LDS and Muslim worlds, of which Mazmuur Naafi is an expression. Utilizing ancient LDS scripture and traditional Arabic and Muslim calligraphy and design, he finds beauty in a variety of cultural traditions. He and his wife are the world’s northernmost LDS Church members, living on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago.

 Mazmuur Nafi: The Arabic Psalm of Nephi

2003, digital print on paper