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With a photo-rich teaching method that's welcoming to everyone,
this introduction helps you use ink and a qalam-a traditional reed
pen-to create flowing, timelessly decorative lines of Arabic
script. The book begins with the history behind this art that
decorates writings and architecture worldwide. Master calligrapher
Alani next shows you how to choose the materials and prepare your
tools. After a quick introduction to how the Arabic language works,
he guides you through exercises to help you successfully write the
28 Arabic letters, join them together, and finally assemble them
into phrases. Once you have mastered the basics, explore creating
graphic compositions in each of seven major styles (Kufic, Thuluth,
Naskh, Persian, Turkish, Riqa, and Maghrebi). Sometimes it takes
years to be able to decipher a composition, but meanwhile, you can
enjoy its aesthetic beauty. This guide helps beginners, like
centuries of people before them, create graceful, meaningful art
from words.
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