Arabic script is more than just letters – it’s an art form shaped by history, calligraphy, and cultural identity. Each letter ...

Celebrated for centuries as a privileged medium of artistic expression across and beyond the Islamic world, Arabic calligraphy offers art historians a captivating score composed of fluid forms and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calligraphy is at once an art form, a record of history and a declaration of faith. It is the visual soul of the Arabic language and sits at the heart of cultural life. The art of calligraphy dates ...

One of the many works of Persian calligraphy on display at the Freer Sackler Gallery. There are many who see the foreign symbols of the Arabic alphabet as art themselves, in contrast to the bland ...

RIYADH: Artists have been sharing their thoughts about the “mesmerizing and elegant” beauty and spirituality of Arabic calligraphy, and the importance of the art form, ahead of the opening on ...

Clothes designers across the Middle East are increasingly using Arabic calligraphy in their designs – which some see as a way to keep their language and culture in fashion. Arabic letters inscribed on ...

Fatima Gabru is one of a growing number of Muslims who have turned to the calligraphy pen to express the connection between social justice and Islam. Three exponents of Arabic script reflect on the ...

Three exponents of Arabic script reflect on the meaning, spirituality and activism of their craft and how they use it to celebrate faith and practise everyday compassion. After years of working and ...