This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice and its companion exhibition,Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

Mohamed Zakariya sat perched at a long table, his head bent over a small piece of paper. As admirers peered over his shoulder, he grasped his handmade pen and slowly produced the rounded, flowing ...

KARACHI Calligraphy has been defined as “the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skilful manner.” Islamic calligraphy is regarded as the noblest form of art by Muslims because ...

In his solo exhibition Aksharscape, artist Nikheel Aphale reflects on his personal experiences through calligraphy as a form of expression. The unusual forms on his canvases are wrapped in nostalgia ...