In a simple saffron sari with a contrasting turquoise blouse and salt and pepper hair, artist Iram Zia turned out to be much like her work - bright, colourful and with a traditional twist. The ...

Iranian calligrapher holds live demos of the revered style at Sharjah International Book Fair Sharjah: An Iranian calligrapher is holding live demonstrations of the dying Kufic script, the oldest form ...

Dating back to the early Islamic era, the gravestone was discovered in a holy shrine in Saman county, a local tourism chief has said. The gravestone belonging to Harun Ibn Musa bears great ...

The letters and other patterns in the designs are inspired from the kufic, one of the earliest scripts in which the Quran was written, says Iram Zia Raja, the National College of Arts Textile ...

PM Narendra Modi, who called on Sayyed Ali Khamenei at his office, gifted the Supreme Leader the specially commissioned reproduction of rare 7th Century manuscript of the Holy Quran. Prime Minister ...

The writings of the early Islamic period can be broadly classified into the cursive script and the Kufic script. The former was more commonly used for informal writing, while the latter was used for ...

As calligraphy undergoes a 21st-century renaissance, devotees are putting in the time to learn the ancient kufic art. Kufic calligraphy students learn their first letters of the ancient script at the ...

The writing style of Arabic calligraphy, which you may recognise from logos of Arab brands such as Al Jazeera, is a centuries-old art form with a storied history. Known for its fluid, curved script, ...