Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Wissam Shawkat

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Dubai-based Iraqi calligrapher and designer Wissam Shawkat. They discuss his journey into calligraphy and graphic design starting from his teenage years as a student in Iraq to his move to Dubai – where both his calligraphy and graphic design career crystallized. The conversation addresses the importance of innovation in calligraphy and its relation to contemporary graphic design practice.