Ancient Arabic calligraphy was known for centuries as a work of beauty and sophistication, but its depiction was tainted by association with ISIS and terrorism, and a Syrian refugee aims to correct ...

The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable size and shape, making it fertile ground for calligraphic ornamentation. Islamic artistic traditions depend heavily on the use of ...

Steered by women and social media, Arabic calligraphy is seeing a resurgence in South India as an art form, beyond religious texts like the Quran ...

One of the many works of Persian calligraphy on display at the Freer Sackler Gallery. There are many who see the foreign symbols of the Arabic alphabet as art themselves, in contrast to the bland ...

Meandering through the eerily quiet and narrow sand paths of Wadi al-Salam, lined on either side with graves speckled to the horizon and beyond, you’ll see colourful Arabic calligraphy adorning the ...

Using Arabic calligraphy, eL Seed paints messages of hope on the sides of buildings. He says the beauty of Arabic script — even if you can't read it — can change negative perceptions of Arab culture.

With the announcement of UNESCO regarding a number of traditional and folk art forms being recognized as intangible cultural heritage, we discovered a number of amazing initiatives in the region ...

On 1 November 1928, a new Turkish alphabet law was passed making making the use of Latin letters compulsory in all public communications and the education system 11 July 1928 A new alphabet for ...