Poetry has always been at the heart of Arabic culture, not least as the oldest means for its earliest speakers to record their beliefs and wisdom, oral narratives and philosophy. It began in the ...

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"Arabic calligraphy is the most beautiful," says Hana Sadiq, a Franco-Iraqi fashion designer who lives in Jordan — Khalil MAZRAAWI With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based ...

With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based fashion designer Hana Sadiq stitches a testament to the beauty of Arab women. In a career spanning decades, Iraqi-born Sadiq has shown ...