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The Peacock Angel

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, card

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

Lady Sun

Lady Sun خورشيد خانم

From prehistoric times, the sun has been honored across Central Asia and into the Iranian plateau and Anatolia. The sun can be seen as the central motif on the Kurdish flag. This artwork shows … Read More

Border Crossing

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

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

Salaam Shalom Card

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

Lord’s Prayer in Syriac Aramaic

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