Damascus-SANA
In order to educate the new generation and introduce it to the civilization of its country, the Arabic Calligraphy Museum (formerly the Jaqmiya School), in cooperation with the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums and the Friends of the Environment Association, organized an activity for a group of schoolchildren, in order to introduce them to the museum and the anecdotes of manuscripts related to Arabic calligraphy.
In a statement to SANA reporter, the director of the Al-Sakaniyya School, Amal Saad, stated that a group of students were brought to introduce them to the archaeological sites in Damascus, including (the Al-Jaqmiya School, which is now called the Museum of Arabic Calligraphy), noting that the students viewed all types of calligraphy and participated in artistic and decorative activities and drawings. Arabic calligraphy, in order to improve their handwriting and help them read correctly. At the end of the activity, a competition was held to select the best calligraphers among them.
Samira Al-Zein, a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Environment Association, explained that the goal of the event is learning through activity, changing the classroom environment, involving students in activities and events outside the classroom, and spreading environmental and heritage culture, pointing out that the students were provided with the correct foundations for writing Arabic calligraphy, and the most beautiful fonts were chosen from During a competition, she urged them to compete with each other.
For his part, calligrapher and member of the Union of Fine Artists, Ahmed Siwar, said: “We are working to educate the generation and introduce it to Arabic calligraphy and its history, especially in the era of the Internet, in which interest in writing and calligraphy has declined, by training students and helping them improve their lines.”
In her turn, the curator of the Arabic Calligraphy Museum in Damascus, researcher Elham Mahfoud, explained that this event comes within a series of activities entitled (Together to Support Arabic Calligraphy) that the museum is implementing to provide students with correct information about the history of their country and introduce them to the specificity of Syria and its alphabet to the world, in addition to introducing them to the types of Arabic calligraphy and its stages of development before Islam, passing through the Kufic, Thuluth, Naskh, Raqi, Diwani and Persian scripts, some of which adorn most of the Damascene houses and archaeological monuments that varied with the diversity of historical periods.
A number of students noted the importance of this activity, as they learned about the contents of the museum, the types of calligraphy, and the history and civilization of Syria in this field.
Sakina Mohamed and Gemma Ibrahim
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