Sharjah Museum of Calligraphy has been promoting the art of Arabic calligraphy through free lessons to the public since it opened in 2002.
This year, the museum is running a one-month course that started on May 9. It offers hands-on experience, types of ornamentations, and techniques used in calligraphic work.
Every Monday and Wednesday, people learn the practice and methods of implementing the Diwani script, a formal calligraphy style of the Ottoman court that was developed between the 16th and early 17th centuries.
The script developed further to include the styles Riq'a Diwani and Jeli Diwani.
The first does not have any decorations and lines are straight, except for the lower parts of the letters.
The Jeli Diwani, or clear style, has intertwined letters and straight lines from top to bottom.
“Calligraphy is a unique art that distinguishes the Arab nations from the rest of the world and it certainly deserves the attention given to it by the government of Sharjah,” said Shaher Al Taref, instructor and calligraphist at the Sharjah Department of Culture.
Mr Al Taref said it was important to promote calligraphy because of a lack of representation of the Arabic language in modern technology tools.
“No matter how advanced technology can get, we cannot give up on the human hand to produce creative works including masterpieces from letters,” he said.
“For us as calligraphists, every Arabic letter is one that has a soul and unique characteristics which allow calligraphists to employ their own styles.”
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