Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World

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Khatt Chronicles in Conversation with Nora Aly

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews Egyptian graphic designer Nora Aly. They start the conversation discussing her entry into the field of Graphic design and her studies and masters project at the German University in Cairo (GUC). They discuss her interest in Arabic lettering a ...  Show more

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation with Rawand Issa

Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews Lebanese illustrator and graphic artist Rawand Issa. They start the conversation discussing her beginnings first as a journalist for the youth section of the leftist Lebanese newspaper Assafir through which she was first introduced to comics, and t ...  Show more

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation with Naima Ben Ayed

Yara Khoury Nammour interviews French-Tunisian type and graphic designer Naïma Ben Ayed. They start the conversation discussing Naïma's serendipitous journey into type design. They discuss her postgraduate studies at École Estienne in Paris and the type design student project (in ...  Show more

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation with Wael Morcos

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès interviews American-Lebanese designer Wael Morcos. They start by talking about his educational journey in graphic design from Notre Dame University (NDU) in Lebanon to Rhode Island School fo Design (RISD) in the USA. They discuss the people and projects ...  Show more

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation with Sarah Saroufim

Yasmine Nachabe Taan interviews American-Lebanese illustrator and designer Sarah Saroufim. They start the conversation by taking us through her educational journey first in graphic design at the American University of Beirut (AUB), and how this led to her interest in illustration ...  Show more