This is understood as a prohibition of using animal and human forms in texts, textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball." CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...

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David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

The Kufic necklace, for example, is inscribed with the Arabic words for contentment and union, in calligraphy inspired ... of ...

With popular anecdotes in Maratha history like “Dh cha Ma” or “Attock se Cuttack tak,” have you ever wondered about the stories behind the Maratha victories and eventual decline? The ...

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People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball." CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...