Classes and teachers

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North America

Name	Details	Location
Scripts ‘n’ Scribes	Ebru, calligraphy, and other classes related to Islamic art held both in-person and online.	Online and locations around Virginia / Maryland
Elinor Aishah Holland	Offers regular courses in thuluth and naskh scripts online	Online / New York
Nihad Dukhan	Offers occasional calligraphy workshops	Michigan
Reed Society for the Sacred Arts	Offers occasional calligraphy workshops	Washington, DC
Mamoun Sakkal	Contact about upcoming workshops or classes in Arabic calligraphy	Washington state
Ali Rouhfar	Contact about upcoming Persian calligraphy classes	Washington state
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center	Offers occasional workshops on Arabic calligraphy	Washington, DC
The Asia Society	Offers occasional workshops on Arabic calligraphy	New York, NY
Society of Scribes	Offers occasional workshops on Arabic calligraphy	New York, NY
S Joon Thomas	Offers occasional workshops in Persian and Arabic calligraphy	Florida
Faraz Khan	Arabic calligrapher, offers classes and workshops	New Jersey
Zubair Simab	Contact about upcoming workshops or classes in Arabic calligraphy and pen-making	California
Iranian Calligraphers Association of North America	Offers online and in-person courses in Persian calligraphy (Nasta’liq and Shikaste Nasta’liq), leading to a diploma in Persian calligraphy	Vancouver, Canada
Omar Uddin	Online courses in multiple scripts	Online / Ontario

Europe

Name	Details	Location
Nuria Garcia Masip	Offers occasional workshops in a variety of scripts	Spain
Pablo Casado	Offers occasional workshops in a variety of scripts	Spain
The British Museum	Has offered courses on Arabic calligraphy with instructor Mustafa Ja’far	London, England
Abd A. Masoud	Teaches Arabic calligraphy at institutions and privately	Austria

Middle East

Name	Details	Location
IRCICA	IRCICA promotes the study of traditional Islamic calligraphy through publications and competitions, and they organize occasional workshops	Turkey
Mimar Sinan University, Academy of Fine Arts	Offers courses in calligraphy; understanding of Turkish language may be required	Turkey
Institute of Traditional Islamic Arts at al-Balqa’ Applied University	Offers courses in Arabic calligraphy	Jordan
Majid Alyousef	Offers occasional classes and workshops in Arabic calligraphy	UAE
Arabic-calligraphy.com	Provides online and on-site tutoring for Arabic Calligraphy	Cairo