In 2004, Hassan Massoudy published his autobiography Si loin de l’Euphrate: jeunesse d’artiste en Irak (Albin Michel) serving as the starting point of this interview conducted by Emma Redondo. In this dialogue, Hassan Massoudy discusses the place of calligraphy in society and the evolution of its practices, and his career. Hassan Massoudy was born in 1944 in Najaf (Iraq) and has lived in Paris since 1969. The striking visual aesthetic and humanistic aspect of his art makes him undoubtedly (.)