If Arabic is written from right to left, does the writing hand get smeared with ink?

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I'm curious, because as a left-hander, my left hand gets stained with ink when I write English, which uses the left to right Latin alphabet.  I've often wondered how Arabic writers cope with this, as most people are right-handed and Arabic is written from right to left.  Finally, is left-handedness even acceptable in Arabic cultures?  I figure that someone ought to know this.

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you keep your hand off the page the way westerners tend to write is with the hand to the side resting on what you are writing other cultures like Chinese or Arabic traditionally have the hand above what you are writing. And for left-handedness mostly yes though i'm sure some fundamentalist would not be accepting but that goes with any culture/religion

Guru Hank · Answer

No, I  use a fountain pen with a left handed oblique nib.

If Arabic is written from right to left, does the writing hand get smeared with ink?

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