Record-setting Lego Kufic project part of efforts to change misperceptions about Saudi – organiser
Photo: The Arabic word "Al-Salaam" (peace) is spelled out using 8,083 Lego bricks in the Kufic calligraphic script on June 7, 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo supplied by Saudi Arabian Society of Culture & Arts
The Saudi Arabian Society of Culture & Arts (SASCA) set a Guinness World Record on June 7 for the largest Kufic calligraphic piece using 8,083 Lego bricks.
Kufic script is the oldest calligraphic type of the Arabic script and the earliest style used by Muslims to record the Quran.
The main idea behind the project is to change how people view Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Aqla, the project’s manager, chairman consultant and spokesperson at SASCA told Salaam Gateway.
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