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When your Arabic skills feel inadequate for Islamic calligraphy commissions

I have been commissioned to do calligraphy for a mosque but my Arabic is weak and I keep wondering if someone with better language skills should be doing this instead

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Imposter syndrome around linguistic competence threatens confidence in artistic practice within traditional frameworks.

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“Where Are You with Islamic geometric art and calligraphy?”

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