Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Museum of Radio, Pereslavl-Zalessky - Regentone Twin-Tone radio with record player, Sweden (18813350901)
Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
-900
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
1223
ART DÉCO TELEFONAFFISCH Här visas en av LM Ericssons reklamaffischer från 1929. Den visar en ny kompakt bordstelefonmodell som Ericsson tagit fram influerad av fransk art déco. Den exlusiva art déco-stilen utvecklas från Parisutställningen 1925 och Ericsson tar 1929 fram denna förfinade telefonmodell. I bakgrunden på affischen syns södra Kungstornet i Stockholm. Byggnaden uppfördes som huvudkontor åt Ericsson 1925 och var ett av Stockholms första höghus. Grunden till den nya modellen är 1909 års
Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Leaf with Arabic Prayers
1713
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024