The dawn of Arabic calligraphy was instigated by the creative genius of three master calligraphers from Baghdad: Ibn Muqla of the Abbasid court (886-940), Ibn al-Bawwab the Illuminator (961-1022 ...

Arabic Calligraphy WorkshopsJuly 11, 2015Arts Council of Princeton Calligraphy Workshop at Princeton Shopping CenterAugust 13, 2015Princeton Shopping Center5:30 p.m. Light Art Calligraphy ...

Shortly after, I won the second place in 2018 in The Arabic Calligraphy Competition of the Arabic Language Academy, and then I realized that I am not the only one who suffers from understanding ...

The importance of Arabic calligraphy comes from its connection to the Holy Qur’an, according to Dr. Nassar Mansour (@dr.nassarmansour), a Jordanian-Palestinian artist and calligrapher who ...

Arabic calligraphy’s historic link with the Quran makes it a sacred form, he says. It was revered for centuries “and when the printers come, all of that is going to be dumped?

The art of Arabic calligraphy has been honed over more than a millennium, reaching an astounding level of artistic perfection. One renowned practitioner of the art today is Honda Kōichi, who ...

Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The Qur'an, God's word as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, was transmitted in the Arabic language. Initially, ...

There are prestigious Islamic calligraphy schools in Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, where students study strokes, pens, inks, papers and elements of style for years.

Arabic calligraphy is so exacting that a student only passes when they can copy a sentence without needing a correction. Mr. Berer said it took him two years to pass the first lesson and eight ...