Ancient Arabic calligraphy was known for centuries for its beauty and sophistication, but it has been tainted by association with ISIS and terrorism, and a Syrian refugee aims to correct that.

M eandering 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 ...

Artist who introduced Arabic lettering, language on canvas. In the beginning I was looking at how to express our own culture and civilisation without following the western schools of art, says Ermes ...

Faraz Khan is promoting his upcoming course at Rutgers University on Facebook. The ability to read and write Arabic is not a prerequisite for Introduction to the History and Practice of Arabic ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode How Art Changes Us.. About eL Seed's TED Talk. Using Arabic calligraphy, eL Seed paints messages of hope on the sides of buildings. He says the beauty of ...

Mastering the art of Arabic calligraphy can be a challenge even for native speakers, who venerate the art form for its ability to convey meaning while avoiding figurative imagery. Sargis Simonyan ...

The ‘Wikipedia’ of Arabic calligraphy. Through Nuqta, people from around the world can contribute to and benefit from an online knowledge bank and revive a dwindling tradition ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a ...

The collaborators behind the Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary Journal distributed 2,500 copies of the paper’s first quarterly across Philadelphia in May. Nora Elmarzouky (left) and Yaroub Al-Obaidi ...

Ermes doesn’t describe himself as a calligrapher, or a professional in the art of Arabic calligraphy. His mode of expression differs from the strict discipline displayed by professional calligraphers ...