Nastaleeq, developed in 14th century Iran from the fusion of Naskh and Taleeq, emerged primarily as a Persian calligraphic hand — celebrated for its graceful, hanging rhythm and flowing curves.

A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New York City mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, will require elementary school children to learn Arabic numerals. The claims have been amplified by unverified ...

SHARJAH, 6th November, 2025 (WAM) -- Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), Founder and Honorary President of the UAE Board on Books for Young People ...

New Delhi: With the aim to revive Urdu children’s literature, the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL)—an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of Education—has launched an ...

For just RM1, students are invited to follow Muhammad Hafeez Husin’s online Quran and Jawi-writing lessons on TikTok. (Envato Elements pic) What began as a simple desire to share religious knowledge ...

The International Award for Arabic Children’s Literature (IAACL), presented by e& and organised by the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY), announced the shortlist for its 17th edition during ...

As India prepares for its 2027 national census, language has once again become a political flashpoint. Debates over mother tongues, medium of instruction and linguistic identity are intensifying, ...

Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has ordered new drama series Salma, an Arabic language version of Nippon TV in Japan’s scripted hit Woman – My Life for My Children. Produced by Turkish prodco Medyapim, ...

Singer-songwriter Bilal Maqsood released a second volume of nursery rhymes from children’s puppet show Pakkay Dost on YouTube on Tuesday. The first volume came out in 2023 and the show's vibrant ...

I’d said to myself: Why don’t I do my own Bhartiya-karan, that is, Indianise myself, before someone else thinks of doing it? The first problem was my name. Perhaps you don’t know: my name is Iqbal ...

A convicted Al-Qaeda sympathizer who conspired to kill Americans in shopping malls and traveled to the Mideast to train with the terror group was teaching kids at a ...

A journalist who featured on the BBC's Arabic channel has called for Jews to be 'burned as Hitler did' in sickening social media posts. Samer Elzaenen has appeared on the channel several times ...