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Tayeb Saeed
Designer and Illustrator
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ahmed saad
Arabic Graffiti Artist
Making the Graffiti and other Urban Arts with touch of Oriental flavor..
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khaled moly
graphic designer
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Event: khatt kufi & kaffiya
Google in Arabia: Introducing the Khatt Network…
24Aug 2007Movable type was the the new media of the 15th century. In Europe many rulers felt threatened by it, and they were right. They did not stop it though. They just tried to censor on the content level.
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Event: khatt kufi & kaffiya
The Current Market for Arabic Fonts
Recent Developments and Consumer Needs24Aug 2007The Arabic type market has changed dramatically in the last few years, and this has been mainly inspired by recent technology developments, globalization and the growth of the Arab graphic design...
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conference program
Khatt Kufi Kaffiya, the printable symposium…
Lectures are described in detail with timings and links to the speakers' biographies.
The symposium program has been evolving and includes topics of every aspect of contemporary Arabic visual culture and identity, going beyond the stereotypes of what is associated with Arabic culture...
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Event:
Another Arabic Cliche Exhibition
14Jul 2007The Spirit & Life exhibition, Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collection31Aug 2007Location: Ismaili Centre, London. Until 31 August 2007. The Khatt Foundation is not alone in its strife to present a better image of Arab culture to western audiences. Many organizations see the...
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nanor
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Book Netherlands Architecture Institute 1 Aug 2007
AL MANAKH
Analysis of developments along the Gulf: A Guide, a Survey, an Agenda.10Sep 2007AMO / Archis / Moutamarat release the book Al Manakh , the first ever comprehensive analysis of the development of The Gulf, to be presented by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Bouman at the Netherlands...
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institution
Moutamarat
Pan-Arab business initiative
Moutamarat was created in July 2005 as a Joint Venture between Tatweer LLC, a Dubai Holding Company, and Saudi Research and Publishing Company.
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Article
International Design Forum, in Dubai
Moutamarat's first annual design forum in Dubai.
Dubai. May 27 - 29, 2007. Promoting design as a critical tool for cultural understanding and commercial excellence.
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Article
Dubai's First Gulf Art Fair
Held in Dubai in early March, the Gulf Art Fair was the first international art fair to take place in the Middle East.
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Article Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès
Art museum projects in the Middle East
Prestigious museum projects are under way in the Gulf States (updated)
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Design talk & latest news
Articles on typography and visual communication in the Middle East
The Khatt Network for Arabic Typography is a project of the Khatt Foundation, designed as a platform for discussing issues pertaining to design and visual communication in and about the Middle East.
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Organization:
BIS Publishers
BIS Publishers is active in the field of design and architecture publishing.
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Conference American University in Dubai
The Kitabat conference
The first major Arabic calligraphy and typography conference in the Middle East.
Dubai, 5 - 8 April 2006 Hosted by the Visual Communication Department at the American University in Dubai, in partnership with the Khatt Foundation (Center for Arabic Typography, Amsterdam) and...
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Organization:
Saqi Books
Specialist in ME studies publications
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Khatt projects
We live to work!
Here is an overview of our projects past, present and future.