Registration for the Digital Lab’s upcoming online Arabic calligraphy workshop with Hatem Arafa is now open!
- Duration: 3 weeks, with two 2-hour lessons per week (total of 6 lessons)
- Schedule: 15 September – End: 2 October. Each 2-hour session will be held Sundays/Wednesdays between 7-9pm BST.
- Format: Online on Zoom
- Focus: Teaching Diwani calligraphy, starting from individual letters to forming words and sentences
- Places are limited
Bio
Hatem Arafa, a calligrapher with a degree from the Traditional Islamic Arts Faculty at FSMV University in Istanbul, is currently pursuing a master’s in Graphic Design. His notable projects include interior calligraphy for the Cary Mosque, USA (2022), commemorative coins for Djibouti (2023) and Qatar’s World Cup (2022), and the logo and interior calligraphy artworks for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage (2023). Website: hatemarafa.com
