Muscat,(ONA) The Omani Society for Fine Arts affiliated to the Ministry of Arts Affairs continues its activities and events represented in training seminars in the field of Arabic calligraphy through the society's social media platforms on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

During the session, lessons in the field of Arabic calligraphy were presented in a live broadcast provided by a group of Omani calligraphers, including Hashim Al-Sashimi and Mohammed Al-Riyami, according to a weekly schedule on various topics, the most important of which are the aesthetics of Arabic calligraphy and the aesthetics of the ruq’ah calligraphy. The society’s Arabic calligraphy trainer, calligrapher Sultan Al-Rashdi, also trains the society's members online, using WhatsApp.

Sultan Al-Rashdi, trainer of Arabic Calligraphy at the Omani Society for Fine Arts, said that in light of the current exceptional circumstances due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that led to the interruption of weekly direct training classes at the headquarters of the Omani Society for Fine Arts, the society went to run events through social networking platforms to continue teaching members who have been committed to attending weekly lessons.

Al-Rashdi added that he created WhatsApp groups in order to give lessons and exercises in order to prove and maintain the level and capabilities reached by the participants through their face-to-face training as well as to give them more information and knowledge in this field.

(ONA)