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 ...

Friday, January 11: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter Four black students sat at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960 and helped to change the course of American history. By ...

An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra. The hour-long class was conducted by calligraphy artist, Khurshid Alam. The programme ...

Bee Bee Laisa, a final year Engineering student in Bengaluru, has a dream. The 24-year-old wants to transcribe a copy of the Koran in Arabic. “I have always been interested in art and drawing, but it ...

A recent seminar on artificial intelligence (AI) and Arabic calligraphy brought together local calligraphers, artists, and AI experts at the Qatar National Library (QNL), marking what was described as ...

Plans to introduce Arabic calligraphy lessons for 10-year-olds in schools in Malaysia have prompted a furious row among minority communities there, as the issue touches on the hotly-debated subjects ...

Calligraphy is considered a particularly inclusive practice in Morocco, and in recent years, it has become increasingly popular among women. Calligraphy art or in Arabic "art of Hat" is one of Morocco ...

On 1 October, the School for Arabic Calligraphy (madrassat tahssine al-khat al-Arabi) will be conducting an admissions test in its premises in the Bab Al-Sheariya district of Cairo for all individuals ...