Syrian-Russian Vasily Kassab is busy transforming Arabic script to artisanal designs

Vasily Kassab is sipping coffee in Moscow’s trendy Double B coffee shop. Sitting in deep red velvet trousers and a crisp white shirt, he looks like he’s just stepped out of the pages of Vogue.
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Elina Mannurova