Calligraphy 2.0
Great news for anyone who missed out on the first fantastic calligraphy workshop, there’s going to be more!
I took a similar course with the same calligrapher (Saleh Nasab) a few months ago and it was awesome. You can see pictures and read more about that experience here and here.
For more information, contact Hussein AlAzaat [alazaat (at) gmail.com] or check out the Facebook event group here.
laila
July 8, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
i focused really hard but i still can not get why the hell the poster is in english!! :S
Sami
July 9, 2008 @ 12:46 am
I love the fact that this is an ad for an ARABIC calligraphy course and it’s written in English :) I wonder if there are non-native Arabic speakers who want to learn about Arabic calligraphy and don’t read Arabic!
Sami
July 9, 2008 @ 12:53 am
oh I did not see Laila’s comment before I did post mine, same feeling though. But I think I know the answer, it’s because English posts seems sexier, means you’re sophisticated and modern. It’s this sh!t that I experience everyday here in the U.S. when I talk with Arab friends and they utter two Arabic words and the rest is many failed attempts to imitate native English speakers. I listen to a voicemail message to find out that it’s full of “what’s up” and “call me back dude” and the fact that it’s from my an Arab friend makes me feel sick to my stomach…
on this poster, I think it will be much more appealing if it’s written in Arabic with some calligraphic samples for each course (like Thulth course test is written in Thulth and Naskh is in Naskh and so on).
Batoul
July 9, 2008 @ 5:49 am
wow! I was looking for something like this in Syria while I was on vacation but its so hard with my limited time to fit into a course. Its beautiful! Arabic is a beautiful language by all means.
Roba
July 9, 2008 @ 9:23 am
LOL, I didn’t notice that it was in English. But anyway, it’s in English because a lot of non-Arabs living in Jordan also want to learn to write. Actually, there were lots of people who don’t speak Arabic who took the earlier course. My German colleague Danni for example. It was fun seeing that he learned it faster than any of us!
Catalyst
July 9, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
Everything is fine except that its written in english, and besides, someone who wants to learn arabic caligraphy should attempt to at least learn two words of Arabic and put some effort in understanding an arabic ad, that should be obviously about caligraphy!
Anyway, lets not focus on this, good luck everybody.
hussein
July 10, 2008 @ 11:21 am
The reason behind showing an English ad or an Arabic cultural thingy is the same reason why everyone on this blog using English language to debate, talk & comment.
To show respect for this blog and for its owner, i asked Roba to use this version of the ad.
And to see the Arabic ad, you can checkout the facebook link, or follow this one:
http://ikbis.com/user/all_sizes/120204?username=alazaat
Also, Roba’s comment is valuable and mentions another strong reason.
thanx everyone :)