Amulets are one of the most beautiful written objects, and — by the way — an authentic paleographic source …
Amulets from the various Islamic eras fill the libraries and museums of the world …
In them the historical intertwines with the human, with the archaeological, with popular piety, with antiquities and sociology …
A human synthesis reflecting a human culture with which the Arab — and the human — personality in general is saturated …
A research idea has taken hold of me …
It has a commercial title and an academic one. The first, the academic title: (Amulets, and the dominance of low self-confidence over the mirror in the Islamic era) — a comparative civilizational and archaeological study. The second, the commercial title: (Amulets of Love: the elusiveness of love, control, and passion) …
Truly, and regardless of the script …
and the signs found on the amulet …
and the influence of different religions and beliefs on the writing of the amulet’s very texts …
the amulet is a tangible human factor affirming the pursuit of possession, in one form or another, in the Arab personality …
an affirmation of a human weakness and want of confidence in religion and custom, sustained by societal ideas that have not changed over many long centuries …
And good morning to you.
