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Running until September 21, the exhibition would highlight the diversity of Arabic calligraphy through rare pieces from the museum's collections. The collections, from the earliest Quranic manuscripts ...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has approved a new symbol for the Saudi riyal, marking a historic step in enhancing the national currency’s identity.
The Saudi riyal symbol “embodies the Kingdom’s rich cultural heritage, carrying the name of the national currency ‘Riyal’ in a design derived from Arabic calligraphy,” SPA said.
or focused solely on Arabic calligraphy. The July movement, however, altered his artistic direction. "I was an active participant in the movement, and after it, public walls became accessible for ...
Arabic calligraphy has a rich history spanning a millennium. As Islam forbids portraying images of sentient beings, artists in Muslim countries turned to calligraphy for the beautification of ...
Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st century includes everything from Algerian rai to Egyptian dance-pop to romantic ballads from Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The songs here can have ...
She did it with purpose," mobsters shouted. That is false. While the woman’s dress was adorned with Arabic calligraphy, there were no Quran verses on her outfit. In fact, the dress had only one ...
A 17-year-old girl was saved by a woman police officer in Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore from an angry mob that accused her of blasphemy after mistaking the Arabic calligraphy printed on her ...
Join our Whatsapp channel LAHORE: Timely action by police saved a teenage girl wearing a dress with Arabic calligraphy printed on it from attack by a charged mob, alleging she committed blasphemy ...
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 ...