{"id":13,"date":"2008-09-04T07:01:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T07:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/the-musalman.html"},"modified":"2008-09-04T07:01:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T07:01:37","slug":"the-musalman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/the-musalman.html","title":{"rendered":"The Musalman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wired Magazine has a short feature on The Musalman<\/i><\/a>, the last hand-written newspaper in the world:<\/p>\n

\n

The Musalman<\/cite> is possibly the last handwritten
\nnewspaper in the world. Four professional calligraphers spend three
\nhours on each page every single day to put out this daily paper. <\/p>\n

\nWhile it’s a Muslim newspaper, it’s also a beacon of liberalism in
\nSouth Asia, employing both women and non-Muslims. Two of the four
\nkatibs (calligraphers) are women and the chief reporter is Hindu.
\nIndian royalty and poets often visit the paper to offer content and
\naccolades. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The image gallery gives a real sense of the artisanship required to put this together:<\/p>\n

\"1.jpg\"<\/span><\/p>\n

related reading on the art of Urdu calligraphy are at Chapati Mystery<\/a> and Iqag<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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