This is understood as a prohibition of using animal and human forms in texts, textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The ...

The award-winning craftsman keeps alive a type of calligraphy that appeared in his country in the first Hijri century, the ...

Only 100 pages from a single copy of the ancient manuscript are thought to survive, held in collections around the world.

The Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation is offering a rare and fascinating journey through 1,300 years of Islamic history ...

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah ...