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Complete list of originals for sale, silkscreen and other prints in my Calligraphy Catalogue. Commission info here.

Fajr فجر is the Dawn, the hopeful time after a long night when light returns, heralding the sunrise. It carries a symbolic value to all cultures, many of which personify it as a deity (to the Phoenicians it was the god Shahar, twin of the dusk Shalim). In Islam, of course, it is the name of a Sura and of the first prayer of day, before sunrise.

The dawn is a fitting concept to begin the year with, especially with the light returning after the solstice, but the idea came to me when, at a time of deep personal darkness, I started seeing the possibility of light sparking from it again. The root FJR also gave us the Arabic word infijar, "explosion", and that's how I envisioned it, a forceful and dynamic rebirth from the depths of gloom. For the creation process see [link]

Materials: Acrylic, watercolor, gilding
Paper: Bockingford 300gsm
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`tiganusi Jan 23, 2013  Professional
i love seeing your creative process, especially because sometimes my naive eyes can't make out certain letters. i also love the ibis-like look of the units of this piece.
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`majnouna Mar 29, 2013  Professional General Artist
Belated thanks! This was definitely one of my finest pieces :)
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*KtObermanns Jan 23, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
These are always spectacular for me.
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`majnouna Jan 24, 2013  Professional General Artist
Thank you :hug:
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=astarayel Jan 23, 2013
Magnificent! Will you be pursuing the "twin" dusk? I think it would make a very interesting diptych to have the pair of them.The ج is particularly creative, and the overall geometry is stunning.

It is very reminiscent of an explosive sunrise: one of those moments that really takes your breath away. Thanks for sharing :heart:
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`majnouna Jan 24, 2013  Professional General Artist
I think so, it had come to mind, but a look at the dictionary startled me. I have never seen or heard the word غسق before!
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=astarayel Jan 24, 2013
What word had you heard for dusk? I'm still building vocabulary, so chances are I've never heard any of them...
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`majnouna Jan 24, 2013  Professional General Artist
None, really, we just say sunset غياب الشمس
And I don't read Arabic literature so never encountered a specific term. But fajr I was familiar with, so it's odd dusk should be so left out.
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=astarayel Jan 24, 2013
Hm, it's an interesting term, غسق, does it have extrapolated meanings the way dawn does? It's not in my dictionary (which is, albeit, not a complete one), so I wonder what other derivations the root might have...
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`majnouna Jan 24, 2013  Professional General Artist
No idea! I had to leave my good dictionary behind in Beirut :(
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