Dr Sulayman Nordien

This is an obituary for Islamic calligrapher Dr Sulayman Nordien, who passed away on the 5 September 2020.  My first personal encounter with Dr Nordien was in my early twenties when my father set up a meeting with him to introduce me to Arabic calligraphy. We met at Masjid ul Quds where this eloquent, excited, and eccentric man walked in with his writing tools, ink and paper. I could tell […]