Islamic Art

The Journey to Mastery: Farzana Razzaque

Conversations with master calligrapher and trained illumination artist Farzana Razzaque on studying the Islamic Fine Arts, and what it takes to become a master

Rosalind Noor
9 min readJul 13, 2023

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Ijazah | Image courtesy of Farzana Razzaque

I chased Farzana Razzaque for almost six months to get this interview, finally

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Rosalind Noor

Doctor, Tutor of Islamic/Global Art History, Calligrapher's apprentice. Currently studying: MA Islamic Studies, GradDip Classical Arabic, GradCert Asian Art.