“Writing Is Spirit”: A Synchronous Meeting with Calligrapher Ömer Basdag
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By: Meghan Nuttall Sayres | May 20, 2015
CYAB Committee member Meghan Nuttall Sayres on the Turkish calligrapher Ömer Basdag and the ancient art of handwriting. More
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