Islam Ramadan

An Arabic calligraphy artist and trainer. Alongside this, Islam works as a client accountant in the private sector. He graduated from the Faculty of Commerce – Accounting Department – Cairo University in 2012, studied Arabic calligraphy for four years alongside his degree, and earned the Arabic calligraphy diploma in 2013. Islam continued his learning journey after the diploma and earned an ijaza in Ruq'ah, Diwani and Jali Diwani scripts, and he seeks the ijaza in the remaining Arabic scripts to revive this honourable tradition. For 4 years he has run training workshops on the soft Arabic scripts. Islam has taken part in many art exhibitions in Egypt and one international exhibition in Kazakhstan. He won third place at the Cairo International Forum for Arabic Calligraphy (third edition, Authentic Current branch), as well as an encouragement award in the Khudair Al-Borsaidi international competition. In 2019 he joined the “Executing Calligrapher” grant to study four rigid scripts and take an initial look at some traditional crafts. Islam is passionate about preserving the cultural heritage of Arabic calligraphy, learning and teaching it on sound foundations, and working to employ it and blend it with other arts.