One of the many works of Persian calligraphy on display at the Freer Sackler Gallery. There are many who see the foreign symbols of the Arabic alphabet as art themselves, in contrast to the bland ...
In the Arab world, aspiring programmers are faced with a unique kind of challenge: nearly every computer language, platform, and standard in history has been built around a Latin character set — a set ...
JERUSALEM — On June 11, Israeli typeface designer and professor Liron Lavi Turkenich found herself teaching a new student: her country’s president, Reuven Rivlin. Turkenich, a 32-year-old professor of ...
Arabic script is more than just letters – it’s an art form shaped by history, calligraphy, and cultural identity. Each letter changes form depending on its position, flowing right-to-left in a ...
On 1 November 1928, a new Turkish alphabet law was passed making making the use of Latin letters compulsory in all public communications and the education system 11 July 1928 A new alphabet for ...
A sculpture featuring Aravrit forms the centerpiece of the Israel pavilion at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai. (JTA) — When Liron Lavi Turkenich designed a writing system combining Hebrew and Arabic ...