Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 70×90 cm (27.6″×35.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Haifa is a window overlooking the sea where a poem lingers to light its pathways.” (Rushdi al-Madhi)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“حيفا نافذة على بحرها تطلّ، لتظلّ قصيدة مضاءة الممرّات.” (رشدي الماضي)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 70×90 cm (27.6″×35.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Haifa is a window overlooking the sea where a poem lingers to light its pathways.” (Rushdi al-Madhi)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“حيفا نافذة على بحرها تطلّ، لتظلّ قصيدة مضاءة الممرّات.” (رشدي الماضي)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1998
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“A mother is a school, when so equipped, she trains a good nation.” (Hafez Ibrahim)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“الأم مدرسة إذا أعددتها، أعددت شعبا طيب الأعراق.” (حافظ إبراهيم)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1992
Size: 100×70 cm (39.4″×27.6″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Give me the flute and sing, for singing is the secret of eternity. And the flute continues to lament after the world has perished.” (Jubran Khalil Jubran)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أعطني النّاي وغنّ فالغنا سرّ الخلود. وأنين النّاي يبقى بعد أن يفنى الوجود.” (جبران خليل جبران)
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: 2005
Size: 50×70 cm (19.7″×27.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.” (Proverbs 31:10)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“إمرأة فاضلة من يجدها؟ لأن ثمنها يفوق اللآلئ.” (أمثال 31: 10)