{"id":2248,"date":"2016-03-10T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/10\/syrian-artists-stunning-calligraphy-captures-the-hope-of-a-war-torn-country\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T14:12:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:12:29","slug":"syrian-artists-stunning-calligraphy-captures-the-hope-of-a-war-torn-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/10\/syrian-artists-stunning-calligraphy-captures-the-hope-of-a-war-torn-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian artist&#039;s stunning calligraphy captures the hope of a war torn country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"61978923e1f04a6e88158bdb9b4a7e33\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzEwLzU2LzYxOTc4OTIzZTFmLmM5MTBlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/96e8793c\/a21\/61978923e1f04a6e88158bdb9b4a7e33.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Syrian+artist%27s+stunning+calligraphy+captures+the+hope+of+a+war+torn+country&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F10%2Fmouneer-al-shaarani-art%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F03%2F10%2Fmouneer-al-shaarani-art%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Renowned artist\u00a0Mouneer Al Shaarani is using his calligraphy art to inspire the people of Syria, who face daily turmoil in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n<p>The master calligrapher, who has evolved the ancient Arabic tradition from its religious roots, is creating deeply intellectual work that reflects his interest in modern poetry and literature, alongside Christian and Sufi philosophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/08\/wwii-refugees-syrian-children\/\">WWII survivors become pen-pals with young Syrian refugees<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Al Shaarani&#8217;s work, which has been exhibited in the Middle East, UK, U.S. and Europe, will soon be shown for the first time in Australia at Sydney&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milsgallery.com\/\">Mils Gallery<\/a>, but the artist was refused a visa to attend the show.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/10\/mouneer-al-shaarani-art\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/calligraphy\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Calligraphy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/art\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/syria\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/rvF5sDB7JQQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned artist\u00a0Mouneer Al Shaarani is using his calligraphy art to inspire the people of Syria, who face daily turmoil in the war-torn country. The master calligrapher, who has evolved the ancient Arabic tradition from its religious roots, is creating deeply &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/10\/syrian-artists-stunning-calligraphy-captures-the-hope-of-a-war-torn-country\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1301,728,1543,826,1112],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-art","tag-australia","tag-calligraphy","tag-syria","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}