Notes on Paper
Yasin Giray DemirEssays on Islamic calligraphy and what most people get wrong about it, from a working calligrapher in Istanbul.
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Most people who love Islamic calligraphy cannot read it. They can stand in front of a panel in a mosque or a museum, see that it is beautiful, and still not know which script it is, when it was made, or what it says. There is a gap between...
The Man Who Wrote Istanbul
It is a Tuesday morning at Bahçekapı, and I have been standing in the same spot for a while now, watching. Hundreds of people have walked past me without breaking stride. A man with a tray of simit balanced on his head. A group of Korean to...
Why Islamic Calligraphy is the Hardest Art Form You’ve Never Tried
The practice sheet in front of me is half full — letters, ligatures, the same combinations rehearsed and rehearsed again. To someone who hasn't done this, it looks like something a child might produce in their first week of Arabic lessons....
Sufism and the Art of Islamic Calligraphy
Two Traditions, One Beating Heart
Step into almost any historic tekke (Sufi lodge) in Istanbul, Konya, or Bursa and you will sense it immediately: the hush of devotion hangs in the air, broken only by whispered invocations and the fai...
Decoding the Tughra: Anatomy of an Imperial Monogram
In the first part of our Tughra Series, we explored the origins and evolution of these majestic imperial signatures — how they emerged as royal emblems, how their form developed over time, and what they came to represent within the Ottoman...
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Calligrapher trained in the classical Ottoman tradition. MA in Traditional Islamic Arts, with 7+ years in thuluth. I write about the craft, history and discipline behind the letters.
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