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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

"Krishna and Balarma Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Krishna and Balarma Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander)

Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander)

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Balarama and Krishna Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Balarama and Krishna Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Emperor Babur Receiving a Visitor", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)

"Emperor Babur Receiving a Visitor", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)

"Akbar Hunting", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

"Akbar Hunting", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

"Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

"Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

"Meeting between Babur and Sultan 'Ali Mirza near Samarqand", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)

"Meeting between Babur and Sultan 'Ali Mirza near Samarqand", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)

"Tumanba Khan, His Wife, and His Nine Sons", Folio from a Chingiznama (Book of Genghis Khan)

"Tumanba Khan, His Wife, and His Nine Sons", Folio from a Chingiznama (Book of Genghis Khan)

"King Sal Visits Kala Yavana", Folio from a Harivamsa (Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"King Sal Visits Kala Yavana", Folio from a Harivamsa (Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Leaf with Arabic Prayers

Leaf with Arabic Prayers

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog

Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia

Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”

Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”

“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers

“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers