Mohamed Zakariya


Mohamed Zakariya, born 1942 in Ventura, California, is an American Arabic calligrapher and an American Muslim convert.

Biography

From 2004 to 2012, Zakariya was a member of the Joint Advisory Board, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the university in 2012.

Calligraphy

Zakariya's work is held in private collections and in some public collections. He designed a postage stamp for the United States Postal Service to commemorate Eid, which appeared in three editions in 2009, 2011 and 2013.