Shaqa Bovand is a type designer who works at F37 Foundry. Born and raised in Iran, she grew up surrounded by calligraphy – ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arabic script remains one of the most widely employed writing systems in the world, for Arabic and non-Arabic languages alike. Focusing on naskh, the style most commonly used across the Middle East, ...

BEIRUT: Some people take years learning the intricacies of the Arabic script, at times so ornate it can be difficult to decipher. Others are dedicated to designing a simple Arabic font that can be ...

As calligraphy undergoes a 21st-century renaissance, devotees are putting in the time to learn the ancient kufic art. Kufic calligraphy students learn their first letters of the ancient script at the ...

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 ...

Malaysia’s government has done a U-turn on its decision to make khat – a form of calligraphy for writing the Malay language using Arabic script – mandatory under the nation’s primary school syllabus ...

As calligraphy undergoes a 21st-century renaissance, devotees are putting in the time to learn the ancient kufic art. Kufic calligraphy students learn their first letters of the ancient script at the ...