THE CALLIGRAPHER'S NIGHT Type:Hardcover 'There is no partner for

'There is no partner for peace

calligraphers are now being marginalised and their schools closed

Aligning with either the Soviet or Anglo-American bloc

its tactician

The resulting suicide of Rikkat's mentor can only reinforce her spite for the new regime and her love for the ancient art she has been taught since her childhood

THE CALLIGRAPHER'S NIGHT Type:Hardcover 'There is no partner forby Yasmine Ghata Translated by Andrew Brown It's 1923, and the young Rikkat is being brought up in the belief that her entire life will be the devoted to the art of calligraphy. That same year, Ataturk's republic breaks away from the venerable Islamic tradition and progressively abolishes the Arabic language and scripts in favour of a modified version of the Latin alphabet. Once the sacred ministers of Allah and Sultans, calligraphers are now being