Amid the stress of juggling school, extracurriculars and relationships, a perhaps surprising — but scientifically endorsed — outlet is calligraphy, an art that can stimulate the brain and improve ...

Irtiqa Bazaz, in Indian-administered Kashmir, was about 10 when she started learning the art of calligraphy on her own. Years later, the 21-year-old has chosen the art form as a profession. She is ...

Craftsmen mounted the calligraphy in books, often inside gold borders and alongside elaborate illustrations. This folio dates to the 16th century. Freer/Sackler Gallery A Persian calligraphy that ...

This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice and its companion exhibition,Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

Lim Seong Hai Capital Bhd (LSH Capital) hosted "Calligraphy Above the City" at Hemisfera Luxury Sky Hall, Kuala Lumpur Tower, in conjunction with Chap Goh Mei, which traditionally marks the close of ...

A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

During US first lady Michelle Obama's recent visit to China, she was taught how to hold a writing brush and wrote the Chinese character "Yong," which means "forever". Chinese calligraphy, as a ...

As a young boy in Taiwan, Jerry Yang was forced to study calligraphy — writing Chinese characters with a brush. The practice is thought to mold character as well as to reflect it, but Yang found it a ...

The 41-year-old French man, who also goes by his Vietnamese name Truong Giang, was dressed in traditional attire as he hung his Tet (Lunar New Year) calligraphy. No one else showcasing their art that ...