Bespoke Arabic calligraphy in the UAE costs from AED 60 for your own words printed on canvas, AED 90–700 framed, and from AED 550 for a signed original written by a calligrapher; a made-to-order piece takes 5–7 working days, and delivery anywhere in the UAE is a flat AED 25–50 per order. These are the choices that decide what you receive.
1. Decide what the piece carries
A name, a couple's names, a verse, a proverb or a line of poetry, in Arabic or Persian. Send the words exactly as you want them written; we confirm the spelling with you on WhatsApp before anything is printed or cut.
2. Choose the script
The script changes how the same words read. Diwani is ceremonial and knotted; Thuluth is monumental and wants a large piece; Naskh is the clear reading hand; square Kufic reads as pattern first; Ruq'ah is quick and plain; Nastaliq is made for Persian verse. You can try all six on your own words in Mashq Studio, free and without an account.
Personalised Kufic Name Frame
$73.60
Your Name in Arabic Calligraphy — Framed A3, three scripts
From $20.83
«بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم» — Calligraphy Paint · Thuluth
From $16.66
3. Choose the object
- A calligraphy paint, printed on cotton canvas: rolled from AED 60, or framed by hand in one of eight mouldings from AED 90 (A4) to AED 700 (90 × 120 cm); under acrylic glass from AED 95.
- An acrylic serving tray from AED 75, clear or gold-tinted, carrying the phrase.
- A tissue box for AED 130.
- A name, framed A3, for AED 185.
All of them are gathered on bespoke Arabic calligraphy décor.
4. Printed, or written by hand?
A printed piece is set from real calligraphic typefaces, never drawn by an image model, and can be made again identically. A signed original is one sheet written in ink by a calligrapher — Anwar Alhulwani, Ahmed Alhawary or Rasha Kasim — from AED 550; if it is not in hand, it is written to order in 3–4 weeks. The difference is explained on original or print.
5. Timing and delivery
Made-to-order pieces take 5–7 working days after you approve the spelling. UAE delivery is a flat AED 50 per order for wall art and AED 25 for décor, whatever the quantity; Worldwide Express, at the shipping rate shown at checkout, within 8 days. For a date that matters — a wedding, Eid, a new home — order two to three weeks ahead.
How to start
Set it yourself in the Studio and order, or send us the words, the script, the size and the date on WhatsApp and we set it for you. The full price table is on bespoke Arabic calligraphy; gifts with a name are on customised and personalised gifts.
Related reading: Customised Gift Ideas in Arabic Calligraphy, by Occasion and Budget · Arabic Calligraphy Scripts Explained: Naskh, Thuluth, Diwani, Kufi, Ruq’ah and Nastaliq.
Part of our guide to buying Arabic calligraphy art in the UAE.
About this guide: written by MASHQ, which makes Arabic calligraphy pieces to order in its UAE workshop and builds Mashq Studio (1click2open LLC, Sharjah). What we print, what we cut and what a calligrapher writes by hand — and when we confirm a spelling before anything is made — is on how a piece is made. The originals named here are written by hand and signed by the calligraphers on our artists page.