TEHRAN – Iranian calligraphers have won all the awards in the nastaliq section of the 9th International Calligraphy Competition organized by the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Istanbul.
Habib Ramezanpur won the first award, the second award was given to Babak Hejazi, and the third went to Ali Fakhari. Three other calligraphers Ali Kheiri, Mohammadreza Pajand and Mohammadreza Rahimpur also received honorable mentions in this section, organizers have announced on the competition’s website.
Moreover, the first award of the kufic section went to Saber Safaii from Iran.
The competition was held in ten main styles of calligraphy. Ihab Ibrahim Thabit from Palestine won the first award of the naskh section and the first award of thuluth went to Abdah Muhammad H. al-Jamal from Egypt.
The calligraphy competition is organized once every three years. Prominent Iranian calligrapher Jalil Rasuli was among the jury members who met at IRCICA’s headquarters in Istanbul in April this year.
The competition has been organized to preserve, revive and promote the classical art of Islamic calligraphy and to encourage young artists.
The 9th International Calligraphy Competition was held in the name of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, a Turkish academic, diplomat and current Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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