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Lizard’s First Law of Inertia قانون السحلية للقصور الذاتي
A Passage from 'The World According to Lizard' مقطع من العالم كما تراه السحلية 42x29cm Ink On Paper The image in this piece is created using only the Diwani Jali Arabic Calligraphy script from the poem...
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Welsh Flag علم ويلز
For all those Welsh Arabs out there... 58x42cm, a recent commission for a friendly Welshman. Yes, I realize that I’m catering to a very niche market with this one… The (colourless) Flag of Whales is...
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Gibran’s Friendship صداقة جبران
Without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. Khalil Gibran eloquently describes friendship in his famous book ‘The...
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Mazen’s Bullet رصاصة مازن
And finally rests at the back of my head where it kills you. The poem “(Stray) Bullet” by Lebanese-Palestinian poet, Mazen Maarouf, is written exactly once in the Diwani Jali Arabic calligraphy script...
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Lizard’s First Law of Inertia Color Original –قانون السحلية للقصور الذاتي
Recently I have been experimenting with color, and have done several new Quranic designs as well as reworking some of my originally black and white designs which I think work well in color. This piece...
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The Children Are Our Future
The poem “Untitled” by Scottish poet Tom Pow is written twice in the Diwani Jali Arabic calligraphy script to create the image of a man and child, hand in hand. تم كتابة قصيدة “بلا عنوان” من قبل الشاعر...
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8th Son – The Skull of my Father
Golan Haji’s poem ’8th Son’ A verse from the poem “8th Son” by Syrian poet Golan Haji is written once in the Diwani Jali Arabic calligraphy script to create the image of a human skull in profile. مقطع...
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The Sea in the Sink -Yehia Jaber
The poem “Incongruity” aka “Nightmare” by Lebanese poet Yehia Jaber is written once in the Diwani Jali Arabic calligraphy script to create the image of water running from a tap. This piece was one of...
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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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Ode of Labid
The two verses featuring this image are taken from Ode of Labid pre-islamic Moa’alkat written in Diwani Jali script. في هذه الصورة بيتين شعر من قبل الإسلام مأخوذين من معلقة لبيد ومكتوبين بالخط...
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