SceneNow published an interview with Lulwah Al Homoud on 7 July 2024, on how she turns calligraphy into a visual language that can be felt before it is read.
The Saudi artist recalls a 2008 invitation to join Edge of the Arabia in London after someone looked at her sketchbook, and the surprise of viewers responding to black lines whose meaning they did not first understand. She describes breaking Arabic letters into geometric units through mathematical work, and a process she calls the language of existence. The piece also notes that she was the first Saudi woman to complete a master's in Islamic arts at Central Saint Martins, and that she wants people to feel peace when they look at the work. The gallery is not named.
The interview is earlier than, and distinct from, the Arab News conversation of 10 July 2025 and the Harper's Bazaar Arabia profile already on the News page.
Al Homoud prefers visual ambiguity, and says she does not want the work to be readable at first glance, but to invite a slower look. Having lived much of her life abroad, she turned to Islamic art as a meeting of art and science, and as a way of thinking about faith rather than about passing feeling.
Tabari represents Lulwah Al Homoud.
