Professor of Mechanical Engineering Nihad Dukhan will have his calligraphy designs on display in the collection, “Strokes of Reed Pen: Arabic Calligraphy,” at the Gifts of Art Gallery in the Taubman Health Center at the University of Michigan Hospital, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive in Ann Arbor, through Dec. 7.

Dukhan’s modern Arabic calligraphy designs have a cross-cultural and personal form. He also creates classical designs using natural ink on ahar paper and acrylic on canvas, with pure gold and gouache color geometric and vegetal ornamentations.

Dukhan received his master’s degrees in Arabic/Islamic calligraphy in Istanbul and the U.S. after more than 15 years of study. As a master of this time honored art tradition, he hopes to reach across cultural barriers and provide messages of oneness and shared values.