The Qatar International Arabic Calligraphy Competition Al Raqeem, organised by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, has ...

The Arab Cultural Centre in Abu Rummaneh, Damascus, southern Syria, hosted an exhibition Sunday featuring around 60 works ...

A seminar organised by the Qatar International Arabic Calligraphy Competition "Al Raqim" at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs and Qatar Committee for Alliance of Civilisations at ...

With a steady hand, Oman calligrapher Abdullah al Waili demonstrated how to write in Arabic script to a packed room at the Sackler Gallery of Art. He and Aishah Holland, a U.S.-based calligrapher, led ...

Khaled Al Saai reflects the beauty of Arabic calligraphy with contemporary gestures “Calligraphy,” writes Syrian-German author Rafik Schami in the afterword of his novel The Secret of the Calligrapher ...

KUWAIT CITY, July 20: The Museum of Modern Art embraced the rich aesthetics of Arabic calligraphy on Saturday evening during a dedicated adult workshop, held as part of the 17th Cultural Summer ...

Based in Turkey, the Islamic scholar Yamamoto Naoki has a front-row seat to witness the popularity of Japanese culture in the Middle East. His explorations of the overlapping sensibilities of Arabic ...

NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 – Islamic art scholars Oleg Grabar, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, engaged in a ...