Maghribi Qalam – Pen with string

A Maghribi Qalam – Throughout generations and in the Arabic Maghrib (North Africa currently know as Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) Pens are usually made from bamboo or reed pen and cut into wooden planks with a sharp nib opposite to the Mashriqi (Eastern) Qalams.

This Qalam will help you write the Maghribi Mabsut and similar script and gives you a beautiful results similar to the ancient Islamic manuscripts.

This type of pen is rolled in cotton strings to make is round and enable a good grip when writing. Muslim scribes used to write the Holy Qura’an and other faith and supplications books.

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