Mouneer Al-Shaarani / Against the Grain: Exploring the Scope of the Arabic Letter WADitems of the advanced training class

of the advanced training class and of the School of Design

Historically we would have offered Cyrus’s prints framed in one of these

Noordzij starts from basic principles

But you knew all that

and stamps

Mouneer Al-Shaarani / Against the Grain: Exploring the Scope of the Arabic Letter WADitems of the advanced training classMouneer Al Shaarani is a prolific and highly acclaimed Syrian calligrapher and designer. He was born on September 6, 1952, in Salamiya, Syria. He began his calligraphic apprenticeship at a young age, with Syrian master calligrapher Muhammad Badawi Al Dirani (18941967). After 1967, and in parallel with his studies, he practiced calligraphy as a sign painter and created lettering for billboard advertising and other design commissions. He was part of the