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

But you knew all that

consider Matthew’s a+z diptych

A beautiful production

we would quickly sketch them on paper

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