Lesson 01
القَلَم
The pen
Cutting the nib, holding it flat, and finding the angle every letter after this depends on.
Filming this one — it goes up with a Friday story soon.
Naskh script · by handخط النسخ
الخط العربي
Arabic calligraphy — naskh, one letter at a time
Short practice videos for learning to write Arabic script by hand, in naskh — the round, even book hand you already read in the stories here. Each lesson is a few minutes long: watch it once, then copy the strokes on paper while it plays again. Paper, a pencil or a cut reed, and a flat surface is the whole kit.
Lesson 02
الألِف وَالباء
Alif and ba
The upright and the bowl — the two shapes most of the alphabet borrows from.
Filming this one — it goes up with a Friday story soon.
Lesson 03
الحُروفُ المُتَّصِلَة
Letters that join
How a letter changes shape when it holds hands with the one before it.
Filming this one — it goes up with a Friday story soon.
Practising with words you're already reading works best: this week's stories are in عناقيد / Anaqeed and الكرم / Al-Karm.