The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha is set to host diverse workshops this month, inviting residents and visitors of all ages to explore Islamic art, calligraphy, geometry, and creative expression.

Sophisticated coiled lines connected together creating a fascinating painting, the lines carrying different religious and moral messages, all perfectly written out in calligraphic inscriptions ...

Yale’s Arabic program invited students and community members into the world of Arabic calligraphy through a Wednesday morning event with the award-winning Iraqi-born calligrapher and designer Wissam ...

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 ...

Shaqa Bovand is a type designer who works at F37 Foundry. Born and raised in Iran, she grew up surrounded by calligraphy – ...

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 ...

Bengaluru-based calligrapher Muqtar Ahmed is on a mission to revive the art of Arabic calligraphy in India. At the Indo-Islamic Art and Culture (IIIAC) in Bengaluru, he has trained 500 youngsters so ...

The writing style of Arabic calligraphy, which you may recognise from logos of Arab brands such as Al Jazeera, is a centuries-old art form with a storied history. Known for its fluid, curved script, ...

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 ...

VIJAYAPURA: When veteran artist Dr Subbayya Neela was invited to join a campaign to spread communal harmony through the ancient but fading art of Islamic calligraphy, he could not hide his delight.