Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Dari Calligraphy

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  • What scripts do you find most rewarding to write?

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    My first calligraphy instruction was in Persian (Farsi)* which uses the Arabic script. After the fifth grade we had to pass a major government exam in all subjects in order to complete elementary school and move on with our education. Among those subjects was calligraphy. We used the traditional qalam ney—a reed pen—which our teacher…