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Salah al-Din al-Munajjid, "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 141–149.
Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of penmanship and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It is a highly stylized and structured form of handwriting that follows artistic conventions and is often used for Islamic religious texts , architecture , and decoration . [ 2 ]
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Arabic calligraphy can be on occasion be found in places of worship for Muslim's known as Mosques with engravings of Quranic verses / Ayah present on parts of the architecture itself. [19] The most widely recognized example of Arabic Calligraphy on a place of Islamic worship is the Kaaba present in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [20]
Butt is one of the few living Islamic calligraphers whose work has been auctioned through Christie's, London. Rasheed Butt has served as a Professor at National College of Arts (2008-2009) and Fatima Jinnah Women's University (2006-2010), both located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He has also conducted several calligraphy workshops.
first prize in the First International Arabic Calligraphy Competition 2012; Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan won first prize in the First International Arabic Calligraphy Competition organized in Makkah. [9] Presidential Pride of Performance تمغائے حسن کارکردگی in Pakistan in 2014. [10]
The manuscript weighs 1600 kilograms is divided into 30 parts, placed in separate showcases. His calligraphy adorns some of the most important public places in Pakistan, such as the extension of the mosque and tomb complex of the premier saint of south Asia who is buried in Lahore and known as the Data Ganj Baksh shrine.
Sadequain claimed that many of his paintings, especially after the seventies, had been based on calligraphic forms to portray images of cities, buildings, forests, men, and women. [citation needed] In Pakistan, the art of calligraphy was relegated to a second-class status until Sadequain adapted this medium in the late nineteen sixties. Until ...