The writings of the early Islamic period can be broadly classified into the cursive script and the Kufic script. The former was more commonly used for informal writing, while the latter was used for ...

Iranian calligrapher holds live demos of the revered style at Sharjah International Book Fair Sharjah: An Iranian calligrapher is holding live demonstrations of the dying Kufic script, the oldest form ...

Paintings talk, tell stories; they inspire and mesmerise, startle and astonish. But at times, like an Amos Ori time machine, take you back to ancient times. The process doesn't require exotic ...

Al-Rashidi studied the intricacies of Arabic calligraphy at Madinah’s King Abdul Aziz University for four years under the supervision of notable calligraphy professors. Practiced for hundreds of years ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta- The halal logo that was just introduced by the Ministry of Religious Affairs created quite the controversy as many argue that the Arabic calligraphy is much more difficult to read ...

As calligraphy undergoes a 21st-century renaissance, devotees are putting in the time to learn the ancient kufic art. Kufic calligraphy students learn their first letters of the ancient script at the ...

The art of turning plain writings into stunningly beautiful script is called calligraphy. Calligraphy is like magic, where you can pick up your pen wand, and make the words and the alphabets move and ...