calligraphy
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It looked disorientingly familiar to a fellow Egyptian American: Art from Egypt lined the walls, with brass pieces and calligraphy you’d find in a Cairo bazaar.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
To illustrate, she holds up a box of charred scraps covered in Arabic calligraphy.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Kurosawa insisted on mixing black calligraphy ink with the water in the rain machines, to ensure that the deluge could be distinguished from the cloudy sky behind it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Her grandmother taught tea ceremonies, and her grandfather taught calligraphy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
After finishing the marketing, I read, practiced calligraphy, knitted, and spent a lot of time with An Yi.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
Brienne calligraphies his final noble life deeds into the Book of Brothers, using phrases like “impossible odds” and “alone” and “without loss of life.”
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
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