Islamic Art

Focus On: Ma Cong AbuBakr Zaki

A brief biography of a rising star of Arabic Calligraphy in the Chinese Style

Ma Cong’s ijazaat | Images courtesy of Ma Cong AbuBakr Zaki

Born in 1993, Ma Cong AbuBakr Zaki started studying Arabic calligraphy in 2009 under local Arabic calligrapher Zhang Mingxing Ismal. Ma Cong remained under his tutelage until 2013, and then, from the end of 2018, he studied under the…