Category
page 1Calligraphers of Arabic script
Ibn Muqla
Abbasid vizier and calligrapher
Ibn al-Bawwab
Arabic calligrapher and manuscript illuminator (d. 1022)
Towhidi Tabari
Iranian calligrapher
Yaqut al-Musta'simi
calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph
Uthman Taha
Syrian-Saudi calligrapher
Sadequain
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi () (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced, having painted around 15000 paintings. He is also recognised as the only artist in Pakistan to have received all four civilian awards such as the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance.
Osman Waqialla
Sudanese painter and graphic artist (1925–2007)
Ibrahim El-Salahi
Sudanese visual artist and former diplomat (born 1930)
Jumana El Husseini
Palestinian contemporary artist (1932-2018)
Salma Arastu
American artist
Ismail Gulgee
Pakistani artist (1926-2007)
Mohamed Zakariya
American calligrapher

Wijdan Ali
Ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan (born 1939)