GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION

Light and Words: Artwork for Paintbrush Journal Cover

Shahrazad's Sisters, Shahrayar's Brothers: An Anthology of Modern Arabic Literature Since 1950

A section of an Arabic poem by the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish titled:
"A Lover From Palestine"

'One stormy night I opened the window
And saw a mutilated moon.
I told the night: "Be gone
Beyond the fence of darkness!
I have an appointment with light and words."'

The English translation is included in the background

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Project: Arabic calligraphy for Shahrazad's Sisters, Shahrayar's Brothers: An Anthology of Modern Arabic Literature Since 1950
Ben Bennani, Editor. Published by Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry and Translation
Client: Truman State University
Designer/Calligrapher: Mamoun Sakkal 2002


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