A seminar organised by the Qatar International Arabic Calligraphy Competition "Al Raqim" at the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs and Qatar Committee for Alliance of Civilisations at ...

A recent seminar on artificial intelligence (AI) and Arabic calligraphy brought together local calligraphers, artists, and AI experts at the Qatar National Library (QNL), marking what was described as ...

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 ...

As Arab American Heritage Month is celebrated, one Northern California artist is keeping the centuries-old tradition of Islamic calligraphy alive, one carefully measured stroke at a time. Sehar ...

Doha: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs H E Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanim on Tuesday, inaugurated the first edition of the Qatar International Arabic Calligraphy Competition (Al Raqeem). Organised ...

When he is not hauling concrete blocks on a construction site in northern Iraq, Jamal Hussein devotes his time to preserving the gentle art of Arabic calligraphy. Though he has won awards in numerous ...

Achyut Palav, 66, the Mumbai-based Marathi master calligrapher who was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025, recalls the day when his Class VIII teacher assigned him the task of writing ‘Thought for ...

Inscription in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2021. Arabic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting Arabic script in a fluid manner to convey ...