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Case Study –

Salem Azzam

“Preserving twentieth-century Islamic history”

Intuition Case Study

Preserving twentieth-century Islamic history.

Salem Azzam was born in Cairo, Egypt, on the 8th of July, 1924. He established the ICE – Islamic Council of Europe, whose aim was to support the causes of the Muslim Ummah.

Net Ummah partnered with the family of Salem Azzam to archive all materials and build a website to honour his legacy.

Our task was fivefold:

  • Organising large amounts of historic information.
  • Photo restoration.
  • Video and Audio digitisation, restoration, optimisation and editing.
  • Multi-language content.
  • Animated timeline infographics.

The Result:

Preserving twentieth-century Islamic history.

Salem Azzam Design Strategy

Challenge –

Organising large amounts of historic information.

The numerous audio recordings, photos and publications had to organised in a structured way.

Salem Azzam Design Strategy

Old Photo Restoration.

The original supplied photos had scratches and other blemishes e.g. vertical streaks from old scans.

Photoshop was used to remove these imperfections via the Spot healing, Gaussian blur and FFT Filter tools.

Salem Azzam Audio Resoration

Audio Restoration.

The original supplied audio files were low in volume, contained extended pauses and lots of background noise.

Adobe Premiere Pro and Audition was used to improve the audio quality.

Salem Azzam Video Digitisation

Video & Audio Digitisation.

Original VHS video tapes and cassette audio tapes were digitised and optimised.

Examples of digitised work included:

  • Human Rights Conference, Paris, 1983
  • Islam in Africa Conference, 1989
  • Conquest & Youth Day Conference, Izmir, Turkey 1991
Salem Azzam Document Digitisation
Salem Azzam Document Digitisation

Document Digitisation.

Thousands of documents, photo albums and newspapers were digitised.

Examples of digitised work included:

  • New Horizon newspaper, London, 1977
  • Letters to world leaders including letters to President Ronald Reagon – USA, Imam Ayatullah Khomeini – Iran and Colonel Muammer al Qadhafi of Libya.
  • Islamic Council press releases from 1988 – 1995
Salem Azzam Timeline

Timeline and other infographics.

Website.

The website in English and Arabic will be available soon insh’Allah.

Brand Attributes –

History. Serious. Heritage.

Intuition Branding Colour Scheme

Designer / Developer:

Afzal Kaduji

Time Scale:

6 months

Scope of Project:

Web Design

Web Development

Photo Restoration

Audio Optimisation

VHS video Digitisation

Cassette audio Digitisation

User Experience Design (UX)

9 responses to “Case Study – Salem Azzam”

  1. Charlie says:

    Well done bro! Please keep up this valuable work for the Ummah.

  2. A says:

    A fascinating and much-needed initiative! Salem Azzam’s work in advocating for Muslim communities in Europe and fostering intercultural dialogue remains highly relevant today.

    Looking forward to more insightful content on preserving such important legacies. Keep up the great work!

  3. Masha Allah very commendable work.

  4. Astonishing. I never knew who was responsible for the ICE. Now I need to go research more!!!

  5. Faruk says:

    Great job very well done!
    Thank you so much for providing the valuable information. May Allah reward you with good.

  6. Yousef says:

    I look forward to seeing this important archival resource published. Jazakum Allah khayr.

  7. S. Ahmed says:

    Such important preservation work, bringing much needed material available for research.

  8. Wonderful to see your work and progress with this hugely important historical project!
    We wish you all the very best with it!
    (Robert Reschid Stanley’s family)

  9. Ayesha Khan says:

    Mashallah. This is very beneficial.

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