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Wissam Shawkat: turning Arabic calligraphy around
Unafraid of bringing out the contemporary that lies in the traditional, his life mission is to rewrite calligraphy, one stroke at a time. Meet the Iraq-born and Dubai-based artist who excels at his art, at the crossroads between script and shapes. According to its Greek etymology, calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing, which is… Read more