Doha, Qatar – Outside the Souq Art Centre in Doha’s popular Souq Waqif market, Qatar-based artist Khaled Almesawy has been inundated with orders from residents and football World Cup visitors for his unique calligraphy sketches of Argentina’s superstar Lionel Messi.
From Dumyat city in Egypt, Almesawy said people were amazed not only by his Messi portraits but also his Arabic-inspired calligraphy art – especially foreigners who were seeing this art form for the first time.
