Written by the Persian mystic Farid Ud-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds is a twelfth-century Sufi allegorical poem that tells the story of the birds of the world in search of their mythological king. Illustrated with Jali Diwani calligraphy, the book is designed with a system to enable readers to understand the meaning, reading direction and flow of the calligraphy, giving greater insight into the intricacies of Arabic script.

The book was the book was published by Thames and Hudson, London, in June 2009. Illustrations from this work were exhibited at the European Parliament Arab Week in Brussels in November 2008, as well as the Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World Festival at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C. in February 2009. The book tour began in at Dar al Funoon in Kuwait and continued on to London, Jeddah and New York.