ISLAMABAD: Satrang gallery on Wednesday opened a new solo show of exquisite calligraphy by Hafiz Saeed. Titled Jehaan-e-Saeed the show is a homage to the ancient and intricate tradition of calligraphy ...

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 first ...

With the announcement of UNESCO regarding a number of traditional and folk art forms being recognized as intangible cultural heritage, we discovered a number of amazing initiatives in the region ...

Famous for his classic Sufi poetry, Hafiz-i-Alpuri was also a good calligrapher as his handwritten copy of the Holy Quran still attracts visitors and book-lovers even after more than 300 years. The ...

Meandering through the eerily quiet and narrow sand paths of Wadi al-Salam, lined on either side with graves speckled to the horizon and beyond, you’ll see colourful Arabic calligraphy adorning the ...

ANKARA, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Arabic, or rather, Islamic calligraphy, has a long history in Turkey dating back to the days of the Ottoman Empire. In fact, calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic ...

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 ...

A famous saying goes: the Quran was revealed in Mecca, read in Cairo and written in Istanbul. The reference is to the book’s delicate Arabic calligraphy. As Turkey's cultural and artistic capital, ...

Last week, Cairo witnessed the seventh edition of the Cairo International Biennale of the Arabic Calligraphy Art under the auspices of Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem at the premises of Cairo ...

Three exponents of Arabic script reflect on the meaning, spirituality and activism of their craft and how they use it to celebrate faith and practise everyday compassion. After years of working and ...