This catalogue features experimental calligraphic paintings by Ben Bella, Brion Gysin, Jean Degottex, Shakir Hassan, and Lee I-Fan. William Burroughs' interview of Brion Gysin is titled "Points de Passage." Pierre Restany contributed an essay on the work of Lee U-Fan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Illustrated in this comprehensive volume is "A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns" that was a collaboration between Rachid Koraichi and the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish with a calligraphic translation of the poetry by Hassan Massoudy.This suite of prints is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This sophisticated children's book combines a conventional poem in French, a translation in Arabic and a multi-colored calligraphic interpretation by Koraichi. The poems were selected by Waciny Laredj and the conventional Arabic calligraphy was done by Ghani Alani. The poems by Algerian poets date from 1168 to contemporary times. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The colophon states that "Original edition of Mahmood Darwich's "Poem of Beirut" was engraved on 22 zinc plates by Rachid Koraichi in Sisi-Bond-Said, Tunisia in 1984. The plates were printed in 250 gram weight Velin d'Arches paper by Elsa Ancia, Paris, France 2001. Kamel Ibrahim drew the calligraphy for the poem in Alexandria, Egypt, 1986. This text was printed at Saig's typographic press, L'Hay-les-Roses, France. The translation of the poem into English is printed on a single page The case was designed and fabricated by the Duval workshop in Paris, France. The total printing run was limited to 75 copies, signed and numbered by Koraichi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a collaboration between Rumi, a celebrated mystic of the 13th century who founded the order of the whirling derviches and Koraichi, a contemporary calligraphic artist. The seven themes of the poetry Mawlana Djalal Oddin-Rumi are graphically echoed in the drawings of Koraichi. They include tolerance, creation, mirror, poetry, dance, music and love. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Venetia Porter curated the exhibition and edited this book. The Sackner Archive holds works by all the artist/poets cited as other contributors with the exception of Chada Amer. The brief biographies in the final section is accompanied by a photograph of the individuak -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.