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Surah 99 – The Earthquake سورة الزلزلة

This piece is part of my recent experiments with color, employing complimentary shades of red and green and rules of space whereby aesthetically the space left white should exactly equal the amount of...

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Surah 110 – The Divine Support سورة النصر

The text in this piece is the entire 110th book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The Quran for Solidarity‘. إن النص في هذه القطعة هو السورة 110 كاملةً من القراّن الكريم. وهي جزء من...

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Take the Leap – Original Arabic Calligraphy

The figure of a woman jumping is created using the Diwani Djali script. The text reads “Always do what you are afraid to do” and is repeated exactly three times to create the shape of this woman...

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Logos for the University of Southern California

I was recently commissioned to create a series of logos for the Middle Eastern Department at the University of Southern California. Below are two simple circular designs, the first in Arabic, the...

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Surah 61 – As-Saff الصف

This piece is formed entirely using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in this piece is the entire 61st book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The...

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Surah 93 – Ad-Duha الضحى

This piece is formed entirely using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in this piece is the entire 93th book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The...

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Surah 80 – Abasa سورة عبس

This piece is formed entirely using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in this piece is the entire 80th book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The...

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Mutanabbi’s Lion

This piece features Al-Mutanabbi’s proverb “إذا رأيت نيوب الليث فلا تظنن أن الليث يبتسم” “Just because you see the lion’s teeth don’t assume that the lion is smiling” The quote is written exactly six...

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Surah 104 Al-Humazah سورة الهمزة

This piece is formed entirely using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in this piece is the entire 104th book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The...

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Al-Mutaffifin Surah 83 سورة المطففين

This piece is formed  using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in this piece is the entire 83th book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The Quran for...

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Islamic Calligraphy Print – Afghanistan map

This piece features the map of Afghanistan in Islamic calligraphy “Persian & pashtu names”. It was requested by the IVAW ‘Iraq Veterans Against the War’. The first 10 prints of this piece were...

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Islamic Calligraphy – Iraqi map

This piece features the map of Afghanistan in Islamic calligraphy “Arabic names”. It was requested by the IVAW ‘Iraq Veterans Against the War’. The first 10 prints of this piece were donated to to the...

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Ode of Labid

The two verses featuring this image are taken from Ode of Labid pre-islamic Moa’alkat written in Diwani Jali script. مِـنْ مَـعْشَرٍ سَنَّتْ لَهُمْ آبَاؤُهُمْ ولِـكُـلِّ قَـوْمٍ سُـنَّةٌ وإِمَـامُها...

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Al-Balad Surah 90 سورة البلد

This piece is formed  using only Arabic calligraphy in the ornamental Diwani Jali script. The text in this piece is the entire 90th book of the Qur’an. It is part of my ongoing project ‘The Quran for...

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Freedom or Peace

The image of the Statue of Liberty in this piece is created using only the Arabic translation of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote“I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.” The text is...

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Kollona Lel Watan – The Lebanese Flag

This piece depicts the Lebanese Flag, formed with the words of the Lebanese national anthem. The Lebanese national anthem is written exactly once in this piece, creating the  official proportions of...

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Palestine 1948

Dimensions: 100x35cm The map of Palestine is depicted using the names of the cities and villages that existed before 1948. The names are written in a derivative of the Diwani Jali Islamic calligraphy...

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The Quran for Solidarity القرآن الكريم للتضامن

The images in the gallery above are the beginning of a long term project that I’ve been working on called The Quran of Solidarity. To my knowledge it will be the first Quran handwritten by a...

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Logos for the University of Southern California

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