By the 1980s, their art had a name — the hurufiyya or letter movement. Solo and group exhibitions of this contemporary Islamic calligraphy and its secular cousin have been staged in Egypt ...

The collection of some 1,000 objects has now alighted in its permanent home, the recently opened Aga Khan Museum, the first institution in North America devoted primarily to what it terms the ...

18 May 2008Three-day seminar will offer an overview of Arab civilisations, arts and crafts and traditional and modern calligraphy at Emirates Palace.Abu Dhabi 14 to 16 June, 2008 - Emirates Palace ...