Lassaad Metoui

Born Gabès,Tunisia, 1963

Metoui is an artist calligrapher. He studied at the Atelier des Beaux- Arts, Gabès, 1983–7, then pursued his training in history of art in Nantes, and in Latin calligraphy in Toulouse, France, 1990–2. He teaches calligraphy (Arabic and Latin) in France, Europe and North Africa while organizing workshops and participating in conferences. His work includes publications on the art of calligraphy and books where his calligraphic designs accompany text and poetry by various authors, among them Khalil Gibran, Omar Khayyam and Malek Chebel. Metoui lives in France.