Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly ... It was not long before aesthetic considerations came to the fore. The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable ...

The 11th edition of the Sharjah Calligraphy Forum, under the theme “Numerals” wrapped up on Saturday following a two-month ...

The manuscript, dating back to the 9th or 10th century, contains verses previously hidden beneath layers of intricate gold ...

Only 100 pages from a single copy of the ancient manuscript are thought to survive, held in collections around the world.

An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistaking them for Quran verses. She was saved by police who escorted her to safety ...