NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 – Islamic art scholars Oleg Grabar, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, engaged in a ...

English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved ...

The art of calligraphy is one of the reputable and famous art in the Islamic region including Iran. Most of the handwritten books of Iran, such as the Holy Qoran and poems, have been recognized as ...

Calligraphy is one of the most revered artforms in Islamic culture and Habibulloh Solih is one of its leading practitioners.

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 ...

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 ...

Most of us think of calligraphy as an elegant form of writing, grand for wedding invitations and formal announcements, but just writing. “Calligraphic Abstraction,” at the Seattle Asian Art Museum ...

A three-day cultural program celebrating World Arabic Language Day opened Sunday at the National Museum of Egyptian ...

Josh Berer makes most of his money designing Arabic tattoos. He also has a side business designing cross-cultural marriage contracts. By Alix Wall When a couple from Washington, D.C., a Baha’i man and ...

Under the patronage of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Prince Salman bin Sultan, Emir of Madinah Region and chairman of the Madinah Region Development Authority, on Monday ...