Arabic Calligrapher Tag

Calligrapher scripts success with Arabic style

  SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES By Erling Hoh A BEIJING — In this age of colliding cultures, Chen Jinhui melds two of the more ancient ones simply by using a wolf-hair brush and some finely ground Tie Zhai Ong ink. He is a Chinese calligrapher writing Arabic script, which in his sanguine, rotund person brings together two of the world's greatest traditions of beautiful writing. Chinese as well as Islamic culture may revere calligraphy as the highest form of art, but in many ways,...