Dialog der Linien – Frieden durch Schrift. Kalligrafien von Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang

In the organizer's words:

As a special highlight of the 5th Muslim Culture Week, the exhibition from 27.09. to 21.12.2025 shows the unique works of Haji Noor Deen, who was born in 1963 in the Chinese province of Shandong and belongs to the Hui minority, a Muslim population group with a deeply rooted cultural history in China.

His works fuse two of the oldest and most complex calligraphic traditions in the world: the flowing elegance of Arabic script is combined with the formal rigor and harmony of Chinese calligraphy. These works are created in a meditative process, each character is imbued with spirituality, discipline and artistic sensitivity. Decades of study in China, Egypt and Turkey are behind the bold forms written with apparent ease. The bold and unique combination of both traditions is an absolutely unique feature of Haji Noor Deen.

The exhibition not only shows the artistic mastery of both writing systems, but also invites visitors to take a fresh look at intercultural dialog through the lens of art. "Dialogue of Lines" opens up a space in which religion, culture and aesthetics enter into a silent, respectful exchange.

With its interdisciplinary and transparent research approach, the Dahlem Research Campus promotes precisely such encounters that bring together different forms of knowledge and cultural perspectives. It sees itself as an open forum for science, art and society and, with its diverse institutions, offers the ideal framework for comprehensively researching and making visible topics such as religious diversity, cultural understanding and the role of writing as a medium of communication.

This exhibition builds a bridge between traditional art and contemporary research that goes far beyond the classic concept of an exhibition and invites visitors to engage in a reflective exchange.

Opening hours

The exhibition can be seen until December 21, 2025 on Thursdays from 2 to 6 pm and on Sundays from 12 to 4 pm.

A special exhibition of the Forschungscampus Dahlem of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in cooperation with Forum Dialog e.V.