1.0City of Brasshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrassAziz Poonawallahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/author/apoonawallaThe Musalman - City of Brassrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KArMvbqaXA"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2008/09/the-musalman.html">The Musalman</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2008/09/the-musalman.html/embed#?secret=KArMvbqaXA" width="600" height="338" title="“The Musalman” — City of Brass" data-secret="KArMvbqaXA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Wired Magazine has a short feature on The Musalman, the last hand-written newspaper in the world: The Musalman is possibly the last handwritten newspaper in the world. Four professional calligraphers spend three hours on each page every single day to put out this daily paper. While it’s a Muslim newspaper, it’s also a beacon of…http://blog.beliefnet.com/cityofbrass/files/import/1.jpg