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Layered over the opening manuscript page of Farid ud-Din Attar’s 12th-century Sufi epic The Conference of the Birds, this print features Ottoman bird mansions (kuş evleri) carved into the stone facades of Istanbul’s mosques. Bringing together Attar’s allegory of the soul's journey with architectural sanctuaries built for actual birds, the work reflects an Islamic tradition of reverence, care, and hospitality toward the non-human world.
Layered over the opening manuscript page of Farid ud-Din Attar’s 12th-century Sufi epic The Conference of the Birds, this print features Ottoman bird mansions (kuş evleri) carved into the stone facades of Istanbul’s mosques. Bringing together Attar’s allegory of the soul's journey with architectural sanctuaries built for actual birds, the work reflects an Islamic tradition of reverence, care, and hospitality toward the non-human world.