La Noche De Los Caligrafos/ the Calligraphers' Night

Young Rikkat is being brought up in the belief that her entire life will be devoted to the art of calligraphy but Atat'republic breaks away from the Islamic tradition, abolishing the Arabic language and scripts in favor of the Latin alphabet. Once the sacred ministers of Allah, calligraphers are now being marginalized and their schools closed. Rikkat's mentor's suicide reinforces her spite for the new regime and her love for the ancient art she has been taught since childhood. Inspired by the life of the author's grandmother this is a breathtaking excursion into the mysteries of life, death, and writing as an art.Ghata, Yasmine is the author of 'La Noche De Los Caligrafos/ the Calligraphers' Night ', published 2006 under ISBN 9788466368346 and ISBN 8466368345.