The Reed Society for Sacred Arts organized a popular lecture on Arabic Calligraphy at the Textile Museum. This event was a collaboration among GW Confucius Institute, GW Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture Program Department, GW Religion Department and the RSSA. The lecture helped deepen understanding of Arabic calligraphy, and the topic interacted with several other fields of study. The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean Ben Vinson III, provided his remarks to welcome and thank the guest artists and audience.

The event included three esteemed guest artists and calligraphers: Haji Noor Deen, Mohamed Zakariya, and Khalid Casado. Though they come from different backgrounds, they all focus on Arabic Calligraphy, their own interpretation of divinity in the written form, and the eternal bonds shared between masters and their students.