Students Learned Arabic Calligraphy

16:53, May 21, 2021

The Ural Young Middle East Researchers Association held a master class

On April 28, a master class in Arabic calligraphy was held at the Library Center "Ekaterinburg". The event was organized by the Ural Young Middle East Researchers Association with the support of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Ural Federal University Department of International Relations. Arabic language teacher, Dr. Habib Makhlouf was an expert calligrapher.

The participants learned about traditional scripts and tried to write various letter combinations. At the end of the event, everyone was able to write their names in beautiful calligraphic script.

"The Arabic calligraphy master class was one of the first major events we held this year in the format of live participation. We hope that in the nearest future we will hold such meetings and they will become traditional for our Association", noted Leonid Tsukanov, Director of the Association.

Reference

The Ural Young Middle East Researchers Association is a youth organisation based at UrFU. Its aim is to create a platform for effective interaction of people interested in politics, culture, science and heritage of Middle Eastern countries.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.