Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over
STORY: Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over
DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022
LENGTH: 0:02:33
LOCATION: Damascus
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1 various of Haitham Kattan doing calligraphy works
2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher
3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher
STORYLINE:
Computer technology has made life mostly easier, but not for Syrian calligraphers, as the popularity of digital printing has endangered their profession of handwriting signage for local businesses.
Haitham Kattan, a 73-year-old calligrapher from Damascus, is one of the craftsmen whose long-lived artwork has been taken over by digital graphics.
He is one of the very few people still practicing calligraphy, which used to be a bread-earning profession.
Over the past 55 years, Kattan's signature has been seen tailing most shop banners, before digital printing, which is easy to use and inexpensive, started to prevail, making handmade calligraphy f
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