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FABI AIHI ALLAH HI RABIKUMMAH TUKAZIBAN (Surah Ar-Rahman, verse 47) AUR TUM APNE RAB KI KON…
Meet the Artist: Nizar Macnojia Born and raised in India, Nizar created his first artwork…
“The beauty of writing is the tongue of the hand and the elegance of thought.” –Ali ibn Abi Talib
Calligraphy, from the Greek kallos (beauty) and graphein (to write) is the art of beautiful…
Before the advent of Islam, Arabic was a spoken language among the various tribal kingdoms.…
“Strive to write elegantly for this will ensure your means of livelihood.” Caliph ʿAlī ibn…
Ceramics are an integral art form of the Middle East and North Africa. This area…
Geometric patterns, calligraphy, and vegetal patterns comprise the non-figural decoration in Islamic art. Although geometric ornamentation…
The art of transcribing the Qur’an in beautiful hand was considered a form of devotion…
PanARMENIAN.Net – “Animating the Word: The Legacy of Iran’s Minority Calligraphic Traditions” will open on…
“Beauty of script is incumbent upon you for it is one of the keys of…
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ISTANBUL — At first, the play of light on the floor at the entrance to…
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Calligraphy and the Call An interactive Workshop Sunday, May 22, 2011 3.00 pm @ Art…
The Houston Arts Alliance will host an interactive workshop on calligraphy in religious expression May…
From 28 August to 5 December 2010, the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University…
Tracing Islamic calligraphy through ages, an exhibition in the Turkish city of Istanbul is exploring…
By SUSANNE FOWLER / New York Times Published: January 19, 2011 ISTANBUL — At first,…
Let me begin by saying how happy I am to be back in Istanbul, a…
Istanbul, 5 November 2010 – Following seven different exhibitions in Europe that have attracted over…
August 28 to December 5, 2010 Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c.…
From October 2010 to January 2011, the Aga Khan Museum collection will travel to the…
The symbol uses ‘o’ or “vaav”. ‘O’ comes from the words like Muhammad or Ali…
