Mothana is an artist, master calligrapher and teacher. He learnt the art of Arabic Calligraphy under Professor Abbas Al-Baghdadi at the Iraqi Calligraphers Association, since 1983. Mothana received an honorary PHD in Arabic calligraphy from Dar Assalam college in Turkey, 2015. He has won many awards including the First prize of the Thuluth Script at the Fourth International Competition (Hamad Allah Al-Amasi), Istanbul, 1998 and the Burda Prize for Arabic Calligraphy in Abu Dhabi, 2009. He has also given personal exhibitions in Sharjah in 2009 and 2017 and in Luxembourg in 2017.

Arabic Calligraphy – Ruqa 1: Alphabet (Alif to Ya)

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Arabic Calligraphy – Ruqa 1: Alphabet (Alif to Ya)

Introduction

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Introduction to the Calligraphy Curriculum

Alif to Dhal (ا to ذ)

The Letter Alif

The Letters Ba to Tha

The Letters Jeem to Kha

The Letters Dal & Dhal

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Ra to Ghayn (ر to غ)

The Letters Ra to Za (ر and ز)

The Letters Sin to Shin (س and ش)

The Letters Sad to Tha (ص to ظ)

The Letters Ayn and Ghayn (ع and غ)

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Fa to Nun (ف to ن)

The Letters Fa and Qaf (ف and ق)

The Letters Kaf and Lam (ك and ل)

The Letter Mim (م)

The Letter Nun (ن)

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Ha to Ya (ه to ي)

The Letter Ha (ه)

The Letter Waw (و)

The Letter Lam Alif (لا)

The Letter Ya (ي)

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Conclusion and next steps

About the teacher

Muthanna Al Obaydi