Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1980
Size: 30×45 cm (11.8″×17.7″)
Materials: mixed media
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Love, from the beginning, knows not its own depth, until the hour of separation.” (Jubran Khalil Jubran)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“المحبّة منذ البدء لا تعرف عمقها إلّا ساعة الفراق.” (جبران خليل جبران)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1980
Size: 30×45 cm (11.8″×17.7″)
Materials: mixed media
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Love, from the beginning, knows not its own depth, until the hour of separation.” (Jubran Khalil Jubran)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“المحبّة منذ البدء لا تعرف عمقها إلّا ساعة الفراق.” (جبران خليل جبران)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“I think, therefore I am.” (René Descartes)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أنا أفكر، إذن أنا موجود.” (رينيه ديكارت)
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:
“Oh spring, take me back to my homeland, if only as a flower.” ()
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“بلادي أعدني إليها، ولو زهرة يا ربيع.” ()
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 66×93 cm (26.0″×36.6″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“The anthem I had to sing, my lips did not chant until today. I spent my days tuning and loosening my strings.” (Rabindranath Tagore)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“إن النشيد الذي كان عليَّ أن أغنِّيه لم تهتف به شفتاي حتى اليوم. لقد أمضيتُ أيامي في ضبط أوتار معزفي وإرخائها.” (رابندرانات طاغور)
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:
“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)