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Afghanistan: Quranic calligraphy, artworks on display in Herat

Shafaqna English– A number of Quranic calligraphy and artworks have been put on display in Afghanistan’s western Herat province.
Officials said that the four-day exhibition was inaugurated on Tuesday by the Department of Information and Culture in cooperation with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). Two days of the exhibition have been allocated for women visitors and the remaining two days for men.

Abdul Jalil Tawana, head of the Calligraphers Association, said the handwritten copy of the Holy Quran was completed over a period of 16 months by female calligraphers from Herat.

Mawlawi Abdul Mateen Adil, head of culture and arts at the Department of Information and Culture, said that in addition to the handwritten Quran, nearly 100 other calligraphy pieces are also displayed at the exhibition.

Source: IQNA

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