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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

In a new book, photo duo Valentina Piccinni and Jean-Marc Caimi capture the hidden realities of Istanbul

In a new book, photo duo Valentina Piccinni and Jean-Marc Caimi capture the hidden realities of Istanbul

"Two Nightingales in a Rose Bush", Double-Sided Illustrated Leaf from an Ottoman Album

"Two Nightingales in a Rose Bush", Double-Sided Illustrated Leaf from an Ottoman Album

Leaf from a Gospel Book with Four Standing Evangelists

Leaf from a Gospel Book with Four Standing Evangelists

Dala'il Al-Khayrat

Dala'il Al-Khayrat

Prayer Book

Calligraphic Galleon

Calligraphic Galleon

Khusrau and Shirin

Khusrau and Shirin

"Ottoman Army Entering a City", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd al-Baqi

"Ottoman Army Entering a City", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd al-Baqi

Album of Calligraphies Including Poetry and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith)

Album of Calligraphies Including Poetry and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith)

'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage

'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage

"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

"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi

"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi

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

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

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