{"id":1106,"date":"2023-08-30T17:10:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2025-08-06T00:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:01:35","slug":"reqah-script-arabic-calligraphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/en\/reqah-script-arabic-calligraphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Reqah Calligraphy, a history of creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1106\" class=\"elementor elementor-1106\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf40d7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf40d7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec2200e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec2200e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Ruq\u2019a script is one of the Arabic scripts. It is distinguished by its ease and speed of writing. It was said that it was named by this name because it was written \u2013 in the beginning \u2013 on patches of leather, and (riqa\u2019) is the plural of (riq\u2019a), which is the small piece of paper that is suitable for letters and pleasant stories.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98c6b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d98c6b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strength and Beauty<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370d31c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"370d31c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its letters, the Ruq'a script combines strength and beauty at the same time, and is distinguished by its ease of writing and reading and its absence of complexity. Therefore, it is easy to learn in a relatively short time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reqah is also distinguished by how quickly it can be written due to the shortness of its letters, and its need for formation only when necessary, such as correcting Qur\u2019anic verses, for example; therefore, it is the usual script in the daily writing of students of science, writers, and the general public.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5379c77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5379c77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693400385914.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1111\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693400385914.jpg 797w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693400385914-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693400385914-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693400385914-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0641\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062a-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693400385914-600x422.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ebd6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23ebd6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2953639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2953639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origins and development<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a01d764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a01d764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The various collections of scripts constituted a linguistic and artistic preservation of administrative institutions throughout their history in Arab-Islamic civilisation.\u00a0<\/p><p>These scripts were able to establish for themselves a distinguished position in an administrative and artistic context that allowed them freedom of expression and creativity. Al-Ruq'ah is the most well-known script in the group of administrative scripts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e22a113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e22a113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644-600x424.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb09f3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb09f3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38e3024 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38e3024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Beginning<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba8a90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba8a90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The emergence of the Ruq'a script - according to some opinions - dates back to the year (886 AH \/ 1481 AD), and thereafter it began to develop gradually.\u00a0<\/p><p>During the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majeed Khan, the calligrapher Abu Bakr Mumtaz bin Mustafa Effendi (d. 1280 AH\/1863 AD) improved it, established its rules, and engineered its letters to be like the scales of other calligraphic styles. This was to standardise the lines in all official transactions carried out by the state.<\/p><p>The Arabs were also able to continue the journey of this script, and remove the Ruq'a script from its traditional administrative context. It became an aesthetic font used to write shop signs, magazine and newspaper titles, and book covers, which represents a new birth for this font and gives it an Arabic artistic character.<\/p><p>The oldest example that we have seen shows us that the Ruq\u2019a script was formed from the Diwani script, in the document that talks about the imports attached to the library of Ahmed III in the Topkapi Palace, issued on 10 Rabi\u2019 al-Awwal 1136 AH \/ 12 December 1723 AD.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60a3bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b60a3bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0645\u0644\u0629-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693399389643.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1109\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0645\u0644\u0629-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693399389643.jpg 918w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0645\u0644\u0629-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693399389643-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0645\u0644\u0629-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693399389643-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0645\u0644\u0629-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693399389643-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0645\u0644\u0629-\u0628\u062e\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0630-\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631-\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645-e1693399389643-600x271.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8d98c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e8d98c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Script Improvements <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc685f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc685f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The second boom in the development of Ruq'ah calligraphy occurred at the hands of Muhammad Izzat Effendi (d. 1321 AH \/ 1903 AD), a teacher of this calligraphy at the Galatasaray Institute. He devised definitive measurements for the letters, generally making them spread out, thus turning the script into a line of art.\u00a0<\/p><p>Mushaq Muhammad Ezzat in Ruq'a calligraphy is considered one of the original sources for the rules of this script, which he established in his famous pamphlet (Turjuman Uthmaniyyah Scripts). He first published it in print with his brother, Al-Hafiz Tahsin, in 1292 AH \/ 1875 CE, and refined it in a new edition in 1306 AH \/ 1888 CE. Among these.<\/p><p>The pamphlet spread his style, his style prevailed, and the line of the patch settled clear and independent among the contemporary lines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b88434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b88434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-1024x626.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1112\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-1536x940.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-2048x1253.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/\u0635\u0641\u062d\u0629-\u0645\u0646-\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0627\u0637-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a-\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0639\u0632\u062a-600x367.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215a7bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"215a7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New Horizons<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc53742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc53742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Arabic calligraphy that is commonly written by the public these days is often a mix of Naskh and Ruq'a. Although what is generally known about the Ruq'a script is that it was used for documents and books, a great deal of archaeological evidence has proven its use on various tombstones, and in relatively long texts.<\/p><p>The Arab style was creative in making calligraphy booklets (amshaq) to teach Ruq'a calligraphy due to its importance for students of science at their various levels.\u00a0<\/p><p>At the start of the twentieth century, the Egyptian calligrapher Abdel Razzaq Awad wrote his famous booklet (Al-Ruq\u2019a in Teaching Al-Ruq\u2019a Calligraphy).<\/p><p>Then the great Egyptian calligrapher Sayyed Ibrahim continued his interest in this calligraphy within his educational group.<\/p><p>The collection of gold chains by the Syrian calligrapher Najib Bey Hawawini made a noteworthy contribution. He was concerned with the rules of the Ruq'a script, the shape of each letter, how they connected to one another, and the line's nature within it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c916ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"2c916ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socofujairah.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-30-at-14.11.52-291x300.png\" alt=\"Picture of Caligrapher Mohamed Abou El Magd \" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalligrapher Mohamed Abou El Magd \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohamed is from Egypt and is a graduate of Al-Azhar University. He holds a Bachelor of Sharia and Law, a Diploma of Arabic Calligraphy, and a Diploma of Specialization in Gilding. He is a student of Professor Sherine Abdel Halim. He is the second recipient of the Katara Award for Arabic Calligraphy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e8ce9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e8ce9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Ruq\u2019a script is one of the Arabic scripts. It is distinguished by its ease and speed of writing. 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