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 ...

The Punjab Arts Council, Rawalpindi organised an exhibition of Islamic calligraphy, featuring the works of Mufaz Alam. Famous calligrapher Rasheed Butt was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony.

A joint exhibition displaying works of Islamic calligraphy was organised at the Punjab Arts Council (PAC). More than 80 works of calligraphy were featured as part of the show. The works showcased ...

The Sharjah Museums Authority is showcasing a number of rare Quran manuscripts and Islamic calligraphy from the Hamid Jafar Quran Collection at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization. Sheikh Dr.

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 ...

“The art of Islamic calligraphy that is fading fast because of computerisation of scripts of all local languages in early 90s in Pakistan needs revival. Losing an art is a great national loss. There ...

A Muslim convert from China creates works of Islamic calligraphy, or khat, as a medium for spiritual outreach and emotional healing. Hassan Bai, an acupuncturist who currently resides in Malaysia, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, Istanbul remains an important centre of the Islamic art world, with would-be calligraphers coming to the city to learn the ancient form. Soraya Syed was one of the first European artists to go ...