The Islamic Expo
A Legacy Reawakens
Honoring the past. Reuniting our community. Building the future.
Counting Down to Our Next Chapter
A contemporary interpretation of precision, motion, and the art of measuring time.
Demonstration date only. June 19, 2027 is a demonstration date. Official event details will be announced by the organizers.
The demonstration countdown has reached its final moment. Official event details await confirmation.
An imaginative tribute to the mechanical ingenuity of the medieval engineer Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206). Not a reconstruction of his Elephant Clock.
Time, knowledge & invention
Time, Ingenuity &
the Legacy of Al-Jazari
Al-Jazari was a medieval engineer celebrated for intricate water-powered clocks and automata. His Elephant Clock, described in his work around 1206, brought together controlled motion, falling balls, and mechanical indicators to mark the passage of time.
Our digital instrument borrows the visual language of a pavilion, calibrated dial, falling sphere, and moving pointer. Its timekeeping is modern JavaScript—not a reproduction of the historical water-powered mechanism.
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