Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 60×93 cm (23.6″×36.6″)
Materials: pastel on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“This blood, spilled into bayonet streams / flows into an ocean of torment / then embraces the sky / holding out a red cloud.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“هذا الدّم المراق في جداول الحراب / ينصبّ في أقيانس العذاب / ثم يعانق الفضاء / منعقدًا سحابةً حمراء.” (حنا أبو حنا)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 60×93 cm (23.6″×36.6″)
Materials: pastel on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“This blood, spilled into bayonet streams / flows into an ocean of torment / then embraces the sky / holding out a red cloud.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“هذا الدّم المراق في جداول الحراب / ينصبّ في أقيانس العذاب / ثم يعانق الفضاء / منعقدًا سحابةً حمراء.” (حنا أبو حنا)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 50×70 cm (19.7″×27.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“لأنه هكذا أحب الله العالم حتى بذل ابنه الوحيد، لكي لا يهلك كل من يؤمن به، بل تكون له الحياة الأبدية.” (يوحنا 3: 16)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2010
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Psalm 2:8)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“إسألني فأعطيك الأمم ميراثا لك، وأقاصي الأرض ملكا لك.” (مزمور 2: 8)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“In the beginning there was a rose before it became a whip.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“في البدء الوردة كانت قبل السوط.” (حنا أبو حنا)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2010
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أنا هو نور العالم. من يتبعني فلا يمشي في الظلمة، بل يكون له نور الحياة.” (يوحنا 8: 12)