Uday Al Araji

Uday Al-Araji was born in Baghdad in 1973. He loved Arabic calligraphy and drawing from a very young age, and his talent has blossomed in school and has developed since then. Al-Araji studied Arabic calligraphy at the Iraqi Calligraphers Association and completed Al-Ruq’a and Diwani scripts, and has been a member of the association since 1992. In 2002, Al-Araji met the artist Wissam Shawkat, and his journey began since then in the world of calligraphy, which took a great turn by studying calligraphy with a scientific and artistic approach. Al-Araji has received some local and international awards and participated in many private and public exhibitions. His works have also been acquired in a number of countries and by some government figures and institutions. Al-Araji is currently designing logos in the style of lettering, and he is proficient in some Latin fonts.