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About the Event

The workshop will be led by Dr. Abbas Mousavi, an expert calligrapher who is well-versed in both Arabic and Persian traditional calligraphic styles, such as Thuluth and Nastaliq. He will lead you in hands-on practice of Persian and Arabic calligraphy and you will have the opportunity to take home your own completed piece of work! All necessary materials are provided and lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome to join. 

About the Presenter
Dr. Abbas Mousavi is an Iranian linguist who lives in the Washington, DC area. He is a native speaker of Persian-Farsi and earned his Ph.D. in second language assessment from Griffith University, Australia. His passion for Arabic calligraphy goes back to his childhood when he was growing up in the city of Qom, Iran. He specializes in the nineteenth-century style of Thuluth calligraphy that is used in writing the Quranic chapters and the Hadiths. Largely inspired by the late master Hashim Mohammad Al-Baghdadi, Mousavi’s style displays distinctive micrographic and symmetrical features.

Event Sponsors

C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureship Fund 
Center for Language Studies 

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