The Lord’s Prayer
Syriac Aramaic Syriac Orthodox Church
The Syriac Orthodox Churches under three separate patriarchates date back to the early days of Christianity and maintain their liturgy in Aramaic, the lingua franca of the Persian … Read More
The Peacock Angel
Tawûsê Melek or ملك طاووس
The Peacock Angel is a major component of the religious symbolism of the Yazidi people, a Kurdish-speaking community that claim to follow the oldest religion in the world. … Read More
Ahlan Wa Sahlan أهلاً وسهلاً
Arabic, Stylized Kufic Script
Traditional Arabic welcome–especially to a home– emphasizing hospitality to strangers.
Ahlan—أهلا— is “family,” as in “You’ve come to stay with family,” and sahlanسهلا is flat or … Read More
Border Crossing
I originally produced this print nearly 30 years ago after experiencing the journey across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to the southern tip of Sicily. At that time, as now, this was the route travelled … Read More
This Too Shall Pass
Arabic
A phrase common to Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish poetry from 1200 CE onwards.
Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas Fine art quality print on watercolor paper 5 x … Read More
Shalom/Salaam Hebrew/Arabic The word for peace is nearly identical in Hebrew and Arabic. The words can be written in the two alphabets so that they look almost identical as well, but in this instance I’ve chosen to … Read More
The Lord’s Prayer Syriac Aramaic Syriac Orthodox Church
The Syriac Orthodox Churches, under three separate patriarchates, date back to the early days of Christianity and maintain their liturgy in Aramaic. The Protestant Syriac churches also maintain the use … Read More
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