Khaled Al Saai reflects the beauty of Arabic calligraphy with contemporary gestures “Calligraphy,” writes Syrian-German author Rafik Schami in the afterword of his novel The Secret of the Calligrapher ...

I am proud of you as a great director that reached the Oscars. Thank you for trusting me. Syrian Waad al-Kateab may have narrowly missed out on nabbing an Academy Award for her harrowing documentary ...

Renowned artist Mouneer Al Shaarani is using his calligraphy art to inspire the people of Syria, who face daily turmoil in the war-torn country. The master calligrapher, who has evolved the ancient ...

SYRIAN CINEMA LOVER, MAHMOUD HADID, SAYING: "I wanted to go into the cinema industry. I tried a lot but could not. Because I am a calligrapher, I started to write cinema advertisements. So, from ...

British actress Emilia Clarke is paying tribute to Syrians. On Instagram, the Game Of Thrones star has shared a picture of an Arabic calligraphy design with her 27.1 million followers. In Arabic, the ...

A Syrian couple, who migrated to Turkey and settled in Gaziantep due to the civil war in their country, are trying to make a living from calligraphy. Muhiddin Najib Badenjki, a 70-year-old Syrian from ...

Al Salamiya in Syria, has opted to bring innovation to what has usually been considered a traditional art form – Arabic calligraphy. Shaarani's meaning-studded, stunningly evocative works are on ...

Ancient Arabic calligraphy was known for centuries as a work of beauty and sophistication, but its depiction was tainted by association with ISIS and terrorism, and a Syrian refugee aims to correct ...

in and of itself. He works in an incredible range of styles, from decorous classical modes to radically inventive compositions, in which lettering is fragmented into fantastical, almost pictorial ...