Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “We knew that war was coming so I wanted to find a way out and continue to do art,” says Wissam Shawkat, an ...

Yale’s Arabic program invited students and community members into the world of Arabic calligraphy through a Wednesday morning event with the award-winning Iraqi-born calligrapher and designer Wissam ...

Meandering through the eerily quiet and narrow sand paths of Wadi al-Salam, lined on either side with graves speckled to the horizon and beyond, you’ll see colourful Arabic calligraphy adorning the ...

Osman Hayat, a passionate calligraphy artist, developed a keen interest in drawing from a young age. He practiced Islamic calligraphy with the help of different newspapers and catalogues, for as long ...

It was agreed that the official selection of DEWA is the 'Emirates in Calligraphy' logo to reflect the country's identity. This followed a meeting by the leadership with the work teams in DEWA to ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest United Arab Emirates news every morning. “We knew that war was coming so I wanted to find a way out and continue to do art,” says Wissam ...