Saliha Hanif and Asma Mehmood are artists of Pakistani origin, based in Dubai, represented by OneFourArt Gallery, a ...

The 33rd Doha International Book Fair (DIBF) is adorned with over 65 creative works in the Islamic Calligraphy and Arabic Art Gallery, featuring artists and decorators from Qatar and the Arab world, ...

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs honored the winners in the Arabic calligraphy competition for public schools, organized by the Ministry to accompany the Qatar International Arabic ...

For Muslims, the Qur’an is revered as God’s own art. Islam is essentially an aural religion; God’s word came to the Prophet Muhammad as a voice, instructing him to iqra’, “Recite!” In fact, iqra’ is ...

This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice and its companion exhibition,Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

"̀This book rises to the challenge of a grand theme-how did the early Muslims develop a fitting script and presentation for the word of God? George presents, in lucid expository prose, bold but ...

BERKELEY — Given her family history, Salma Arastu may be one of the last people you’d expect to be helping to modernize Islamic calligraphy. Her Hindu parents fled their home in Pakistan, resettling ...

The assignment on world religions that was handed out to students at Riverheads High School in rural Virginia seemed pretty simple, on its face. A teacher’s printout explained why calligraphy was ...

Asharq Al Awsat The Arab League of Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) congratulated Saudi Arabia on the opening of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Global Center for Arabic ...