A strip from the Kiswa (the Ka'abah cover) dating back to the Ottoman era with verse 197 of Sura Al-Baqara written in Al-Naskh calligraphy was sold for a record figure of 311,000 at a Sotheby's ...

In today’s digital world, many of us don’t get to hold a pen for days. All our fingers do is tap screens and punch keyboards faster than lightning. While the focus on handwriting seems to have shifted ...