Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1980
Size: 40×70 cm (15.7″×27.6″)
Materials: oil on wood
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Man shall not live by bread alone.” (Matthew 4:4)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“ليس بالخبز وحده يحيا الإنسان.” (متى 4: 4)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1980
Size: 40×70 cm (15.7″×27.6″)
Materials: oil on wood
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Man shall not live by bread alone.” (Matthew 4:4)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“ليس بالخبز وحده يحيا الإنسان.” (متى 4: 4)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1983
Size: 60×90 cm (23.6″×35.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: Because of You we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:35-37)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“من سيفصلنا عن محبة المسيح؟ أشدة أم ضيق أم اضطهاد أم جوع أم عري أم خطر أم سيف. كما هو مكتوب: إننا من أجلك نمات كل النهار. قد حسبنا مثل غنم للذبح. ولكننا في هذه جميعها يعظم انتصارنا بالذي أحبنا.” (رومية 8: 35-37)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1994
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: collage, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أنا هو نور العالم.” (يوحنا 8: 12)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2009
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“In the beginning, the tree was bearing fruit and providing shade before it became a cross.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“في البدء الشّجرة كانت ثمرًا فيئًا قبل عمود الصّلب.” (حنا أبو حنا)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1992
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“I will live despite illness and enemies, like an eagle above the high summit.” (Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“سأعيش رغم الدّاء والأعداء كالنّسر فوق القمّة الشمّاء.” (أبو القاسم الشابي)