w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Foreign Languages)Recently, the Arabic Department of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages held Arabic calligraphy lectures and on-site calligraphy demonstrations in 1218, Chengxin Building. The lecture was given by the winner of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, External AffairsAbbas al-Kadhimi, a long-term foreign teacher at the University of Economics and Business, an expert in Arabic language, and an expert in Iraqi Arabic language, writing and translation, will give the lecture. Professor Huang Hui, deputy dean of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages, presided over the event. More than 40 teachers and students from the Arabic Department participated in this event.
During the activity, Professor Abbas systematically introduced the many types of Arabic calligraphy to the students and pointed out the characteristics and details of writing different Arabic calligraphy styles. Afterwards, Professor Abbas personally showed the students four representative Arabic calligraphy styles——The writing of Ruq'a, Diwani, Naskh and Nastali provides students with the opportunity to experience Arabic calligraphy creation in person.
Arabic calligraphy has a long history and is famous far and wide, carrying the splendid Arab culture for thousands of years. Through this activity, the students gained a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of Arabic calligraphy and its writing standards. When the cold words on paper turned into real experiences that could be seen, touched and felt, many students expressed that they were deeply attracted by the charming Arabic calligraphy and were eager to try Arabic calligraphy creation. After the lecture, Professor Abbas urged the students to review and practice after class, and provided calligraphy templates and rich practice materials, emphasizing that practice makes perfect in order to master Arabic calligraphy. Finally, Professor Huang Hui prepared Arabic calligraphy pens for the students present to express encouragement.
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