Fashion designer Zubair Kirmani redefines Kashmir's pashmina heritage by blending Islamic calligraphy with traditional designs for innovative textile art.

Islamic calligraphy was developed from Arabic writing that predates Islam. Calligraphy is used as a marker of religious and intellectual cultivation, and is used to inscribe the word of God through ...

(Photo feature) DUBAI, Nov 4 (KUNA) -- Arabic language with its expressive words, was transformed into tangible art forms at the Expo 2020 Dubai, as seats in resting areas for visitors were inspired ...

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 ...

The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable size and shape, making it fertile ground for calligraphic ornamentation. Islamic artistic traditions depend heavily on the use of ...

Meandering 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 the ...

Bee Bee Laisa, a final year Engineering student in Bengaluru, has a dream. The 24-year-old wants to transcribe a copy of the Koran in Arabic. “I have always been interested in art and drawing, but it ...

Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Students Association commenced its annual Discover Islam Week with an Islamic calligraphy ...