Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1978
Size: 25×35 cm (9.8″×13.8″)
Materials: ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“People’s justice is like snow which melts under the sun’s rays.” (Jubran Khalil Jubran)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“إنّ عدل النّاس ثلج، إن رأته الشّمس ذاب.” (جبران خليل جبران)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1978
Size: 25×35 cm (9.8″×13.8″)
Materials: ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“People’s justice is like snow which melts under the sun’s rays.” (Jubran Khalil Jubran)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“إنّ عدل النّاس ثلج، إن رأته الشّمس ذاب.” (جبران خليل جبران)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2003
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“طوبى لصانعي السلام لأنهم أبناء الله يُدعون.” (متى 5: 9)
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2007
Size: 60×80 cm (23.6″×31.5″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“والكلمة صار جسدًا وحلّ بيننا.” (يوحنا 1: 14)
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: 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)