After 6 months in the making in collaboration with Artist Rahil Mohsin & Master Calligrapher Muqtar Ahmed, we launched the book "Sufi Comics: The Wise Fool of Baghdad" at Comic Con Bangalore. We are very pleased with the final output of the book, it's one of it's kind!The Book is available for sale from our online store:
http://store.sufistudios.com . You can preview the book at:
http://issuu.com/mohammedalivakil/docs/sufi_comics_wise_fool_of_baghdad_-_preview[issuu width=420 height=285 embedBackground=%23000000 printButtonEnabled=false backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120918082238-2c006fd2a9844dae9a280ac0d0e7b0ac name=sufi_comics_wise_fool_of_baghdad_-_preview username=mohammedalivakil unit=px v=2]
About the bookFind Wisdom in FoolishnessWhat can a man dressed in rags, and ostensibly mad teach us about life? Everything as it turns out. Bahlool who lived in Baghdad, circa the 8th century AD, feigned madness to escape the oppression of the ruling class. Now free of the burden of normalcy he dispensed wisdom in strange and amusing ways.The Wise Fool of Baghdad is a collection of these true stories, richly illustrated in the Turkish-Iranian miniature style. Every story is followed by sacred verses of the Qur'an and traditional sayings, inscribed in Arabic By Muqtar Ahmed, one of India's finest Islamic calligraphers.Get the book. In the crazy times we live in, you'll probably need a fool to make sense of it all.
Photographs from the launch at Comic Con Bangalore
