Option 3: Arabic Calligraphy with Shahryanshah Hoca
Returning Students of Shahryanshah Hoca

Time & Location
Jan 08, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC – Mar 26, 2022, 4:00 PM UTC
Online
Course Details
MEETING INFO:
Date Range: January 8 - March 26, 2022
Times: 2 PM UTC | 8 AM CST| Course Format: Online
ABOUT THE COURSE:
The most important aspect of this class is correcting your work by a master calligrapher, not continually copying mistakes in your practice. The Islamic arts are transmitted through the Ijaza system, and this methodology has preserved calligraphy for over 1000 years. Our teacher, Shahryanshah Sirajuddin, is an award-winning master calligrapher in the Osmanli (Ottoman) tradition of the Riqa, Diwani, Jali Diwani, Naskh, Thuluth, and Jali Thuluth scripts.
Shahryanshah Hoca will start with the Riqa script as it is the easiest one to learn, and most students gain proficiency in about three months. Until the early 20th century, Riqa was the handwriting script used daily in Osmanli lands, so everyone who started learning calligraphy already knew it. When you start lear