Ibrahim Zaki is a graphic designer and calligrapher based in Dubai with a BA in Graphic Design from Al Najah University, Palestine. He has been working as a designer since 2008 while continuing to expand his creative practice as a designer and calligrapher.
Ibrahim has received several private commissions and has been selected multiple times for the highly acclaimed worldwide initiative ‘Hundred Best Arabic Posters’. He has exhibited his work at Tasmeem Anti-Type (ICD Brookefield); ‘Delusions & Errors’ (Dubai Design Week, UAE; Weltformat Festival (Lucerne, Switzerland); and Best 100 Arabic Posters (German University of Cairo). He is serving on the jury panel for the Anti-Type by Tasmeem at ICD Brookefield, Dubai.
Ibrahim attended the Rhode Island School of Design Information Graphic Summer School in 2019 and has attended conferences such as Type Berlin in 2016 and 2017. He has developed his relationship with Arabic scripts through training courses by acclaimed institutions, such as the Khatt Foundation and Rhode Island School of Design Information. He is also an active teaching artist, regularly delivering workshops for children, young people, and adults.