Ever since she became appreciative of arts the painter-pottery master Mariya Komisa from Russia was inconsolably drawn towards the turkish and islamic culture, recently she displayed her work ‘Letter of the Traveller’ at Turkish and Islamic arts at the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow.
Many splendid artworks in Europe, particularly the Venetian arts exhibit a strong influence of islamic arts as the “Frankish” city that traded most fervently with the mighty Ottoman empire. Contact between east and west has been a powerful phenomenon in the development of cultural dialogues.
Talking about her conversion into islam she asserts that everything started from Bakhchysarai in Crimea, where she was given the Quran as a gift. After perusing the holy book she decided to change her religion.