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Calligraphy done by Turkish calligrapher Ozcay.

Special thanks to Hussein Al-Azaat for the images.
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Qwaider

December 8, 2009 @ 8:59 pm

Gorgeous!

dave

December 9, 2009 @ 1:04 am

Looks like a bunch of squiggles to me.

Kidding, of course. ;)

za3tar

December 9, 2009 @ 1:13 am

Wow! These are amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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ihath

December 9, 2009 @ 7:51 pm

beautiful.

Roba

December 10, 2009 @ 1:03 am

Is it pretty isnt it? Im glad you guys enjoyed it :)

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qusai assi

December 26, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

meticulously written, such steady hands they have!

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jilali

April 18, 2010 @ 5:47 pm

mashae Allah so attractive collection

Sousou

May 30, 2010 @ 2:33 pm

Really beautiful.

Cant stop watching this over and over angain !

The Arabic calligraphy, should be more known than its now.

She allows a freedom of unlimited imagination

Thanks for the artist , please continue to enchant us.

Vraiment trs beau !

Je ne peux mempcher de regarder plusieurs fois ces belles calligraphies.

La calligraphie arabe gagnerait tre plus connue quelle ne lest maintenant.

Elle permet une libert dimagination pour lartiste et pour ladmirateur, sans limite.

Merci lartiste, et continuez sil-vous-plat nous enchanter.

fajas colombianas

December 29, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

I feel as if some of these look like arabic characters, but still all look great.

yasmineMarch 10, 2011 @ 2:24 pm

Absolutely beautiful.

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Julia Tsaoussis

October 24, 2012 @ 5:22 am

dang, this calligraphy is prettykhat.

Roba Al-Assi

October 24, 2012 @ 9:35 am

Glad you liked it!
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