It is a circle of interwoven calligraphy painted across over 50 buildings and is only wholly visible from a single vantage point, Muqattam Mountain, where the St. Simon Monastery lies inside a cave.

What began as a small idea using leftover plywood has now grown into a thriving wood-carving business with customers from ...

What makes their interpretations of Islamic calligraphy truly fascinating is the profound influence of Indonesia’s cultural heritage on their practices, combined with the innovative aesthetics of ...

Constructed in 977AD, Imam Ali’s shrine, the burial place of Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, stands tall in Najaf with symmetrical arches, tiled with blue, green and yellow mosaics decorated ...

This article appears in the August 25, 2009 issue. For Muslims, the Qur’an is revered as God’s own art. Islam is essentially an aural religion; God’s word came to the Prophet Muhammad as a voice, ...

Visual depiction of Prophet Muhammad is a sensitive issue for many Muslims. Islamic literature shows how Muslims used textual imagery to give a vivid picture of the prophet.

She crafts the calligraphy pens, known as qalams, herself from bamboo that she harvests at a friend's house. Before the Covid-19 enforced lockdown, Gabru exhibited her work at forums like the Lenasia ...