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A Calligrapher From Damascus Criticizes Technology: Computers Have No Soul.

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Feraj Arshin, who has been practicing calligraphy in Damascus for 41 years, emphasized the importance of handwriting despite technology, saying that computer-generated works lack soul, while works created by a calligrapher's hand evoke a sense of spirit.
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Arşin, who has been keeping the art of calligraphy alive for 41 years in a basement in Damascus, says: "Computers produce works of art, but they cannot give them soul. But when a calligrapher writes with their own hand, you feel a soul in the letters and in the entire work."

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Feraj Arshin, who has been practicing calligraphy in Damascus for 41 years, emphasized the importance of handwriting despite technology, saying that computer-generated works lack soul, while works created by a calligrapher's hand evoke a sense of spirit.

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Haberler broke the news on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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