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Arabic Calligraphy: Man vs. Machine?
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—There has been much debate recently among Saudi scribes over the role modern technology is playing in the centuries-old art of Arabic calligraphy. Some artists see modern technology as their sworn enemy and a tool for the destruction and...Caption:
An example of Shafiq Al-Zaman’s calligraphy at the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
A Calligrapher’s Journey from Karachi to Medina
London, Asharq Al-Awsat— Shafiq Al-Zaman has been chief calligrapher at the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina ever since winning a competition to renovate some of the inscriptions on the walls of Islam’s second-holiest site in 1991. For the last 23 years, the Pakistani...Caption:
Taher Emara’s “Al-Fasial Version” of the Holy Qur’an (Asharq Al-Awsat)