From visual art to an interactive audio listening station, the new exhibition shines a light on the art of beautiful writing.

Calligraphy is one of the world’s oldest artforms, but in the Islamic world it remains as vibrant as ever. Now more than ever it’s being used to commemorate the dead.

Islamic calligraphy dates from that same period, but it turned plain Arabic script into a sacred art enshrining the words first of the Qur’an, then of the hadith (stories about and sayings of the ...

Arabic calligraphy is an intrinsic part of Islamic civilization. The art form is an integral part of almost all aspects of Arab cultural expression. Despite its significance in Islamic art and ...

Arabic Islamic calligraphy also for Christians, but using the word "Allah" still banned Some non-Muslim communities criticise addition of Khatt calligraphy in Malay language course.

Unesco on Tuesday added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. A total of 16 Muslim-majority countries, led by Saudi Arabia, ...

Amira Noshokaty , Sunday 12 Jun 2022 Last week, Cairo witnessed the seventh edition of the Cairo International Biennale of the Arabic Calligraphy Art under the auspices of Minister of Culture Ines ...

“Arabic calligraphy artists in the (medieval) Islamic world used only two colours, blue and brown, unlike the exhibition's paintings which have all sorts of colours to present words with a ...

Calligraphy, historically used for the means of preservation of Quranic text, is one of the most revered forms of Islamic art. Practiced in Pakistan for years, artistic geniuses like Sadequain ...

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs honored the winners in the Arabic calligraphy competition for public schools, organized by the Ministry to accompany the Qatar International Arabic ...