Hind Al-Ghamdi: The exhibition is the best place to spread the aesthetics of Arabic calligraphy
A young Saudi woman creates “the third” to inspire visitors to the “Expo”
Al-Ghamdi confirmed that the workshop aims to shed light on Arabic calligraphy on the occasion of the Arabic Language Day and the Year of Arabic Calligraphy in Saudi Arabia.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
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In front of the Saudi Arabia pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, the Saudi artist, Hind Al-Ghamdi, stands among amazing manuscripts, attracting the attention of visitors to the World Exhibition, and encouraging Arabic language lovers to have the opportunity to learn the basics of Arabic calligraphy.
Hind is a young artist who loves Arabic calligraphy, and she is also a teacher at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), and specializes in preparing youth and adult programs. On the walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Hind told "Emirates Today" about the purpose of her participation in the exhibition, "The workshop that I present aims to shed light on Arabic calligraphy on the occasion of the Arabic Language Day (which falls on December 18 of each year) and the year of Arabic calligraphy in Saudi Arabia, and we also seek to give the public Space for how to hold a pen, and learn the principles of Arabic calligraphy.”
She pointed out that organizing such events at the "Expo Dubai" is an affirmation of the importance of the Arabic language and calligraphy. The most prominent fonts used.
She explained: “We are working to teach the exhibition’s guests how to write the letters, whether separate or connected to (the Thuluth script) through some easy and simple steps that help them get attached and learn Arabic calligraphy, especially since many people have a fear of entering this field, believing that it is It is difficult, so we are working to encourage them to learn this art.”
She pointed out that calligraphy is one of the applied plastic arts with a character of formal beauty, in which colors, spaces and lines are used to express a subject or the feelings that the owner feels.
The plastic artist Hind Al-Ghamdi contributed to presenting many workshops and specialized courses in the field of Arabic calligraphy in several events and conferences in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states, in addition to teaching Arabic calligraphy, and offering courses for different ages, hoping to contribute to promoting the concept of Arabic calligraphy, and her passion led her to The opening of the "Haa" online store for a variety of products, in which she shares her designs with her identity, focusing on Arabic calligraphy.
• Some have a fear of learning the art of calligraphy, believing that it is difficult, so the workshop encourages them to learn this art.
Hind Al-Ghamdi:
• "We seek to give visitors to (Expo Dubai) an opportunity to learn about the basics of the beautiful art of Arabic calligraphy."
• The art of calligraphy in which colors, spaces and lines are used to express a subject or the feelings that the owner feels.
Part of our identity
The artist Hind Al-Ghamdi began her career with Arabic calligraphy in 2013 by developing her creative skills in the basics of this art, as Arabic calligraphy - in its various forms - had a charm that attracted her since childhood, while she reached her own style in contemporary Arabic calligraphy after continuous research and training, and relied in her method on The innovation and compositions that inspired it from various angles and are appropriate to the present time, as it considers that Arabic calligraphy is not only a heritage extending from the ancient past, but also constitutes an important space in shaping our contemporary cultural and artistic identity.