# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osman-waqialla
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:20:17.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osman-waqialla"
name: "Osman Waqialla"
slug: "osman-waqialla"
description: "Osman Waqialla, was a 20th century Sudanese painter and calligrapher, noted for his creative use of Arabic letter forms in his artworks, thereby integrating African and Islamic cultural traditions into the contemporary art of Sudan. This use of Arabic calligraphy as a modern, non-religious graphic form places Waquialla within the Arabic art movement that became known as the Hurufiyya movement."
tagline: "Sudanese painter and graphic artist (1925–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Osman_Waqialla_portrait_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1925"
deathDate: "2007-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.26987066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87"
    title: "عثمان وقيع الله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%BD%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%A1"
    title: "Օսման Վաքիալլա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Waqialla"
    title: "Osman Waqialla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2721113"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump