Nuqteh (Vol. II): A New, Easy, and Effective Method to Learn Persian Calligraphy(Nastaliq) - Paperback

Ali Rouhfar was born in Tehran, Iran in March 1949. He started showing interests in calligraphy and taking lessons from his grandfather at the age of 13. However, he stopped 6 month later due to death of his grandfather and calligraphy master. He resumed calligraphy practice after he earned 3rd prize in a contest among calligraphers in greater Tehran (1966) He graduated from college majoring in Economics, Business, and Finance. Ali continued his studying in economic theories. Ali and his family migrated to the United States seeking medical treatment for a severely ill family member in 1990. This was a sudden move that had a tremendous impact on his family in all aspects; physically, emotionally and financially. Once again, he found his strength in his passion for calligraphy. He felt this was his calling from God to display his art and evangelize the virtues of calligraphy to his new community in the United States. In 1997, an event marked a turning point in his life as a calligrapher. "I was setting up my work for a show when a man came to me, stared at one of my works and said a deep sentence and left. That influenced me in a way that I could look at this art in a whole new level. He conveyed a message that I needed to hear to view this calligraphy from a different perspective." The beginning of 2000 was a new chapter in his life as the community was getting to know him and he was becoming more active in it. He was invited for several lectures at different colleges and museums. He was invited to teach at The University of Washington. He offered courses at Middle Eastern Language and Civilization Department. Also he expanded teaching private calligraphy classes. Art galleries began carrying his works. He also was artist in residence at Seattle Children Museum. He is proud that he worked with children. During a month of being at that museum, he created a piece of art with participating of 1700 children. He called this piece "INNOCENTS". All these further encouraged him to swim deeper into calligraphy. In 2010, he assumed leadership of the Iran Calligraphers Association of North America in Washington State. He dedicated more time to teaching calligraphy and experimenting with different methods of teaching for easier and speedier understanding for students. He finally decided to publish the results of these experiments in two volumes of self-learning instructional books as well as relation between Persian calligraphy and life.