TEHRAN – Works by international calligraphers and artists will go on display in the international section of the 24th International Holy Quran Exhibition in Tehran on Tuesday.

Calligraphers Selma Mekic from Serbia, Ali Hasan Aljad from Bahrain, Hussein Younes from Lebanon and Muhammad Mehdi Mirzaei from Afghanistan will be among the guests who will be displaying their beautiful calligraphy works of the Holy Quran and Hadith at the exhibit.

Also included are translators of the Holy Quran who will be attending the exhibit from Italy, Russia and Tunisia, the director of the international section of the exhibit said in a press release on Sunday.

He added that Faisal Ahmad Shah, a senior lecturer at the department of Quran and Hadith from the Academy of Islamic Studies in the University of Malaya, will be among the participating guests.

Copies of a Chinese translation of the Holy Quran by Muhammad Ma Jian (1906 -1978), a Chinese Islamic scholar and translator from Yunnan Province in South-West China, will also be showcased at the exhibit.

Publishers from Syria, Lebanon and Indonesia will also be displaying their Quranic publications, he said.

Other artists and scholars are coming from Germany, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Azerbaijan.

A wide range of programs and cultural activities have been arranged during the exhibit, which will be running until June 28.

Photo: A calligraphy work by Muhammad Mehdi Mirzaei from Afghanistan

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