Calligraphy is a centuries-old tradition of an artistic writing of different languages by using its alphabets in many different manners. Calligraphy is recognized by various scripts that have invented ...

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 ...

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 ...

Organised by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the exhibition-cum workshop on Arabic calligraphy is being held at Rani Kamlapati Palace. Roohy's treatise contains a fascinating description of all ...

IT was a week mostly marked by the spiritual dimension in life. On Oct 24, 1972, this newspaper published a statement issued by philanthropist and scholar Hakim Mohammad Saeed in which he appealed [to ...

Sharjah Museums Authority underscores its commitment to preserving Arabic calligraphy Sharjah: Sharjah reaffirmed its role as a cultural capital today as Sheikh Salem bin Abdulrahman Al Qasimi, ...