Many people admire the beauty and elegance of the Arabic alphabet, which is sometimes called “Arabic script”. The Persian alphabet, which is based on Arabic, is no less beautiful (the difference ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. “When I write, I am flying,” says Armenian calligrapher Ruben Malayan. Pen poised on paper, eyes intent, he breathes as if aligning his body with ...

The practice of handwriting still plays a vital role in today’s classrooms, even as digital tools become more common in early education. From tablets to computer programs, children are growing up ...

Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different ...

Nowadays, it is common for children’s classrooms to have digital resources to be used as tools for certain learning processes. For example, there are computer programs geared towards children who are ...

The iconic Tahrir campus of the American University in Cairo (AUC) will host the second annual AUC Tahrir 2025 CultureFest, commencing Thursday, April 10, and continuing through April 12. This ...

Since its launch in 1964 Middle Eastern Studies has become required reading for all those with a serious concern in understanding the modern Middle East. Middle Eastern Studies provides the most up-to ...

Between 1994 and 2010, American and Dutch archaeologists excavated an Early Bronze Age site east of Aleppo, Syria. In a well-preserved tomb, they found skeletons, gold and silver jewelry, cookware, a ...

Researchers may have deciphered the oldest known scrap of alphabetic writing yet discovered, and it may be a nearly 4,500-year-old gift tag. A clay cylinder found in a tomb holding six skeletons in ...

What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University ...