Month: May 2005

Defining the Future

Bahrain was the venue for a major conference on Islamic banking this week, with some startling figures on the sector’s growth on the agenda, along with news of the establishment of a giant new lender. The two-day event, the first International Islamic Financial Markets Conference (IIFMC), was held under the patronage of the governor of …

Nasser Al-Yousif’s blockprints

97015_Al_Raheel, originally uploaded by malyousif. These blockprints were made by my father, Nasser Al-Yousif, about 8 years after he lost his sight completely. All of these were done by touch, and in reverse (mirror image) on lino material and then printed on paper. He cuts cardboard to the shapes he wants, places them on the …