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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)

Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Group of Dervishes

Group of Dervishes

"Yusuf Arriving in Egypt and Leaving the Ship in the Nile", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

"Yusuf Arriving in Egypt and Leaving the Ship in the Nile", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

"Interior Reception", Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di

"Interior Reception", Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di

"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

"Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

"Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Portrait of a Dervish

Portrait of a Dervish

Garden Scene

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di

Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di

"Yusuf and Zulaikha", Folio 51r from a Bustan of Sa`di

"Yusuf and Zulaikha", Folio 51r from a Bustan of Sa`di

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)

Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

"The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq", Folio 3v from a Bustan of Sa`di

"The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq", Folio 3v from a Bustan of Sa`di

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

"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

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