Over the years, Arabic calligraphy has developed strict rules whereby each letter is geometrically designed and, at their root, can be broken down into a series of structured dots.

He first learned Arabic calligraphy about five years ago – growing up in Pakistan, the language was Urdu, which uses Arabic letters. “But Arabic wasn’t my first language, I had to learn it. I studied ...

Islamic calligraphy excelled due to the forms of Arabic letters, composed of dots, lines and curves. These attributes give the artist a freedom to create.

Tom Holdman shows Ali Al-Baddah how his Arabic calligraphy is being incorporated into stained glass during his stay in Lehi to work on the Pillars of Humanity project on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

When he rediscovered Islam in his early 20s, he saw a connection between his beloved graffiti art and calligraphy. “As a graffiti artist,” Ali explains in the American Muslim magazine Horizons, “I ...

Arabic calligraphy and the fine art of corporate logos on x ... “It can be challenging because you are converting from Roman letters to Arabic and sometimes you have letters that won’t work. ...

She has lectured on Islamic art, has been on the staff of the Bodleian and Ashmolean libraries and was librarian to the Oxford English Dictionary. Signs of our Times: from Calligraphy to Calligraffiti ...

Calligraphy art or in Arabic "art of Hat" is one of Morocco's richest cultural artefacts. Over time, keen calligraphers have worked tirelessly to save the tradition from extinction, and that effort ...

An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra. The hour-long class was conducted by calligraphy artist, Khurshid Alam. The ...

Does the Arabic script and the way it is used for design fascinate you? It is not unlikely to encounter fascinating calligraphy designs all around us and be left curious about how it works and the ...