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Ahmed kandil

Hello I am Ahmed from Egypt , I am an Arabic Calligrapher , I can write more than 5 styles Of Arabic Calligraphy , and I am a Graphic Designer too ...... I hope to hear from you Soon Bye Ahmed Kandil

Alireza Mostafazadeh Ebrahimi

Alireza Mostafazadeh Ebrahimi was born in Isfahan in 1962. He is a graduate of graphic design (BA) and illustration (MA) from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran. He started his...

Jerry Kuyper

Jerry Kuyper has more than twenty-five years of experience directing corporate and brand identity programs. His passion is bringing business and brand strategy to life through creativity and design.

Fenna Zamouri

Graphic Designer (Brussels)

Fenna Zamouri (°1979) studied a master in graphic design at Sint Lukas Hogeschool (Brussels, Belgium) and specialized in typography at the Plantin Institute for Typography (Antwerp). In 2006 she...

Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

Beyond Boundaries

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Dec 2008

22
Feb 2009
- Islamic Art Across Cultures

This exhibition offers the opportunity to look at art across space and through time in the Islamic world, and includes interactions between the world of Islam and that of other cultures and religions

The Wild Jordan Café Hussein Alazaat

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop 2.0

19
Jul 2008

28
Aug 2008
- Delving Deeper Into The Splendor

Following the success of the first workshop, we are aiming to delve further into the possible re-integration of Arabic Calligraphy in our cultural identity. We are pleased to announce yet another...

Book: eps51

Arabesque

Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia

Authors: Ben Wittner, Sascha Thoma, Nicolas Bourquin Release: April 2008 Available Soon! Price: € 44,00 / $ 65,00 / £ 33,00 Format: 24 x 28 cm Binding: 192 pages, full colour, hardcover, incl. CD

Bassam El Baroni

Curator / Writer

Curator / Writer based in Alexandria (EG)

ACAF Bassam El Baroni

Cleotronica 08

18
Jan 2008

31
May 2008
- Festival for Media, Art, and Socio-Culture

Cleotronica 08 is the inaugural version of Cleotronica a festival for media, art, and socio-culture organized by Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF) an alternative initiative for art and...

Tashkeel Lateefa

Tashkeel Exhibition Call

15
Mar 2008

15
Mar 2008

Tashkeel is currently calling for work for a group exhibition opening 15th March 2008 entitled "Vibrations Within" and would like to invite artists to submit artwork. The theme description can be...

The Arts of Islam

Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection

Exhibition and Symposium at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Persepolis, story of an Iranian childhood

An animated biography of an Iranian woman

Sometimes the story about important developments in the Arab world are best told by reports about personal experiences. And sometimes the narrative can be more poignant when represented in a simple...

In defence of a remarkable exhibition

The Spirit & Life exhibition

It was rather surprising to find the Spirit & Life exhibition in London dismissed on the Khatt site as just "another Arabic cliché exhibition". In the first place it is not, and nowhere claims to be

MS Embedded Open Type format

Microsoft proposing the MS Embedded Open Type format

Microsoft is ready to propose to the World Wide Web Consortium (the W3C) that they adopt the MS Embedded Open Type format for all browsers and platforms.

The Kitabat conference

The first major Arabic calligraphy and typography conference in the Middle East.

Dubai, 5 - 8 April 2006 Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American University in Dubai, in partnership with the Khatt Foundation (Center for Arabic Typography, Amsterdam) and...

Netherlands Architecture Institute

AL MANAKH

Analysis of developments along the Gulf: A Guide, a Survey, an Agenda.

AMO / Archis / Moutamarat release the book Al Manakh, the first ever comprehensive analysis of the development of The Gulf, to be presented by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Bouman at the Netherlands...

WITH/WITHOUT

Spatial Products, Practices and Politics in the Middle East

Published by Bidoun and Moutamarat on the occasion of the first International Design Forum, May 27-29, 2007 Edited by Shumon Basar, Antonia Carver and Markus Miessen Featuring: Mauricio Guillen, Yto...

International Design Forum, in Dubai

Moutamarat's first annual design forum in Dubai.

Dubai. May 27 - 29, 2007. Promoting design as a critical tool for cultural understanding and commercial excellence.

STEALTH

Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen

STEALTH shapes opportunities where various fields of investigation can meet and where thinking about possible future(s) of the city are mobilized. We focus on innovative aspects of sometimes hidden

Andreu Balius

Type designer based in Barcelona (Spain)

Andreu Balius is a type designer based in Barcelona (Spain). He currently runs his own studio and leads TypeRepublic type foundry. He has been awarded several Excellence in Type Design certificates...

Nada Debs

Furniture and Design

Lebanese by birth, raised in Japan, educated in the United States, and worked in the United Kingdom - Nada Debs' creations are unique as the designer herself. This global fusion of cultures...

Mahita El Bacha Urieta

curator, culture strategist, art and culture producer - London / Abu Dhabi based - Spanish/Lebanese born. art on the streets, informal settings for cultural endulgance and creative nurturing, cross...

Rawia Beyhum

International Brand Strategy, Marketing Consultant and Graphic Designer from Lebanon. She has worked in several countries around the world, networking with talented individuals and finally settling...

Julien Breton

"Kaalam"

I'm a Latin Calligrapher inspired by arabic calligraphy and typography. I'm working around light and paper calligraphy.