Discover how to create a stunning decorative art piece using wooden Arabic letters and fabric in this step-by-step DIY art tutorial. Watch as intricate calligraphy and textured materials combine with ...

English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved through lithography and scribal practices. The complexity and fluidity of Arabic ...

Islamic calligraphy was developed from Arabic writing that predates Islam. Calligraphy is used as a marker of religious and intellectual cultivation, and is used to inscribe the word of God through ...

Faraz Khan is promoting his upcoming course at Rutgers University on Facebook. The ability to read and write Arabic is not a prerequisite for Introduction to the History and Practice of Arabic ...

The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable size and shape, making it fertile ground for calligraphic ornamentation. Islamic artistic traditions depend heavily on the use of ...

With the announcement of UNESCO regarding a number of traditional and folk art forms being recognized as intangible cultural heritage, we discovered a number of amazing initiatives in the region ...

This story was first published on New Frame. After years of working and volunteering as an international solidarity activist in occupied Palestine, and as an environmentalist and education-rights ...

Arabic calligraphy has a rich history spanning a millennium. As Islam forbids portraying images of sentient beings, artists in Muslim countries turned to calligraphy for the beautification of ...

A seminar organised by the Qatar International Arabic Calligraphy Competition "Al Raqim" at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs and Qatar Committee for Alliance of Civilisations at ...

A recent seminar on artificial intelligence (AI) and Arabic calligraphy brought together local calligraphers, artists, and AI experts at the Qatar National Library (QNL), marking what was described as ...