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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. Join us as a member in this networked community and contribute your thoughts, articles and latest news on this site.
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Arabic letters shoe charms for your Crocs, by Hayan Maani
Just to get you started, here's a list of recent contributions below. Please email your articles and latest news to Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès.
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Opening of the new Mueum of Islamic Art, Doha
Rising on its own island just off the city's newly developed esplanade, it is the centerpiece of an enormous effort to transform Qatar ...Arab visual splendor in French animation
Azur and Asmar, by Michel Ocelot
The film is directed and produced by Michel Ocelot and is a must see for all interested in Arabic visual language. Click here for more ...الشيخشاب
حوار مع الفنان/ محي الدين اللباد
محي الدين اللباد: ولد في القاهرة عام 1940؛ درس التصوير الزيتي في كلية الفنون ...Arabesque Latin Font in Mainstream Publishing
The Alef Pixel Caps, new drop cap initials for a hip Middle East lifestyle magazine
A new visual trend is certainly emerging in mainstream media where the political agendas have been voiced in subtle ways through playful ...Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
Broadsides collection
A heartfelt tribute by some traditional letterpress printers in America to the literary and bibliographical heritage of Iraq, and its ...-
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London
London Book Fair 2008
Arabic books central at the London Book Fair
14 Apr 08 > 16 Apr 08
This year's London Book Fair (14 - 16 April) has put the Arab world as its pivotal theme. This initiative has lead to a more general...
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Emirates Palace
The Arts of Islam
Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection
23 Jan 08 10:00 > 22 Apr 08 22:00
Exhibition and Symposium at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Dubai,
Tashkeel
Tashkeel Exhibition Call
15 Mar 08
Tashkeel is currently calling for work for a group exhibition opening 15th March 2008 entitled "Vibrations Within" and would...
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Alexandria,
ACAF
Cleotronica 08
Festival for Media, Art, and Socio-Culture
18 Jan 08 19 > 31 May 08 23
Cleotronica 08 is the inaugural version of Cleotronica a festival for media, art, and socio-culture organized by Alexandria Contemporary...
Erykah Badu and Arabic Muslim Culture
with a controversial working album title, references and more
Erykah Badu is one of the most established Hip-Hop/Soul musicians in the United States as well internationally. She's been on the music ...
image: Almosawer, Egyptian Magazine back from 1949
photograph of a rare publication by Ahmad S. Kamel
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A turning point for Arabic typography and design
Report on the Khatt Kufi & Kaffiya symposium and the Typographic Matchmaking project presentations.
The Typographic Matchmaking project ( Arabic fonts and book ), the Khatt online community (www.khtt.net), the Khatt Kufi and Kaffiya ... Arabic Glyphs Proportions and Guidlines
The following article is a brief description of systems and guidelines used in Arabic calligraphy and Arabic type design field to ...The Big Kashida Secret
The great masters of Arabic calligraphy loved to show their skills but they did not put much of their knowledge on paper for others to ...- Article:
MS Embedded Open Type format
Microsoft proposing the MS Embedded Open Type format
Microsoft is ready to propose to the World Wide Web Consortium (the W3C) that they adopt the MS Embedded Open Type format for all ...
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Mons,
The Mudaneum
Palestinian posters from the time of revolution
The collection of Ezzedin Kalak
7 Nov 08 > 21 Dec 08
Within the framework of MASARAT Palestine
Exhibition sponsored by the Commissariat Général aux Relations Internationales (CGRI) and...
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Samandal Comics
Quarterly tri-lingual comics magazine from the Middle East
The comic book, in its present day form, is regarded as an imported medium to the Arab world. Samandal (Salamander in Arabic), a ... Now, your Crocs can speak Arabic!
Arabic alphabets shoe charms by designer Hayan Maani
All over the world and on the net you can find shoe charms or better known as Jibbitz (the original company that produces them)... the ...-
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New York,
TCD
Fresco Arabic Wins TCD2 2008 Award
For excellence in Typeface Design
29 July 08 18:00 > 22 Aug 08 17:30
Congratulations to our Khatt members Lara Assouad-Khoury and Fred Smeijers for their achievement!
The Fresco Arabic Font designed...
Looking for a Missing Employee in Shizuoka, Japan & Live from Beirut
11 to 16 May 2008
I was invited with director Rabih Mroue to Shizuoka in Japan to present 'Looking for a Missing employee'. Due to the airport closure in ...-
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University of Leipzig
History of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East
Third International Symposium, a part of 24th Congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI).
25 Sept 08 > 27 Sept 08
Following two successful international symposia on The History of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle...
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The Cultural and Scientific Associatio - Al Mamzar
Dubai International Exhibition of the Arabic Calligraphy
5th Session
13 Feb 08 10 > 20 Feb 08 22
Under the patronage of H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai - Chairman of the Executive Council.
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Dubai,
Traffic
Traffic Design Competition 2008
the region's first product and interior design competition
1 Dec 07 > 9 Mar 08
Traffic launches the Middle East’s first regional annual design competition in its continued efforts to encourage, promote and nurture...
Multi Online Design Journal
Call for Submissions (2008/2009)
Multi's international editorial board seeks original, unpublished contributions for upcoming issues. Multi aims to nurture an ...Lebanese Vernacular Type
Vernacular bookmarks
When type mixes with art, superstitions, formalities, religious affiliations and social behaviour the result is a vernacular way of ...- Book:
Stéphane Mallarmé's ‘Un Coup de dés’ translated, composed & printed in arabic!
A new french publisher, Ypsilon, teams up with moroccan poet Mohammed Bennis for a world premiere : the first bilingual french-arabic ... - animation film:
Persepolis, story of an Iranian childhood
An animated biography of an Iranian woman
Sometimes the story about important developments in the Arab world are best told by reports about personal experiences. And sometimes ... Generating Arabic Fonts
Developing and generating Arabic fonts is not as easy and straightforward as for Latin fonts.This article will cover Encoding, Glyph and ...- Khatt Project:
Typographic Matchmaking fonts in public spaces
The BigVesta Arabic font used in Guggenheim exhibition design
the Vesta and BigVesta Arabic fonts are used on large scale environmental graphics and lettering for the Saadiyat Island Cultural ... News Archive 2007