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The BA Celebrates the Heritage of Master Calligrapher, Mr. Mahmoud Ibrahim Salama

The BA Writing and Scripts Center and the Art Exhibitions and Collections Department are organizing an exhibition in celebration of Master Calligrapher Mahmoud Ibrahim Salama’s donation of calligraphic panels. The celebration will take place on Tuesday, 3 October 2023, at 12:00 pm, in the Hall of ...

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The BA Organizes a Webinar on “Mamluk Inscriptions in Syria”

The BA Writing and Scripts Center organizes a webinar entitled “Mamluk Inscriptions in Syria” on Sunday, 24 January 2021, at 2:00 pm, marking one year since the publication of the book Arabic Calligraphy Diwan in Syria: Inscriptions of Mamluk Buildings . The lecture will be delivered by the book’s ...

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The BA Organizes a Seminar and Exhibition on the Journey of Numismatics in Egypt

The BA Writing and Scripts Center, in collaboration with the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, the Educational Museum of Antiquities at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, and the BA Museums of Antiquities and Manuscripts, organizes an exhibition entitled “The Journey of Numismatics in ...

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New Educational Courses at the BA Writing and Scripts Center

The BA Writing and Scripts Center organizes a number of courses, as part of its educational program which is held for the sixteenth consecutive year, and attracts inspectors, museum curators, post-graduate students and tour guides. This year’s program includes an Arabic calligraphy course, which ...

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Call for Application: Advanced Course on Arabic Manuscript Calligraphy

The BA Manuscripts Center and Center for Calligraphy Studies are organizing an advanced course on the calligraphy of Arabic manuscripts. The course will be delivered by Dr. Nassar Mansour and is going to be held from 12 to 16 March 2017. It targets MA and PhD researchers specialized in calligraphy ...

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