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Arabic Type Today
I will be giving a lecture at Notre Dame University on the 20th of November about the recent history of Arabic type and the type design process.
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Happy New Year 2007 from Lebanon
I was thinking for the last days what to make as an e-card for the New Year and send to my friends and colleagues. Due to the sad events lately in Lebanon, I could not get any nice ideas for the...
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Politics by means of Arabic Type
During the last month political slogans took over most of the Lebanese billboards. On the right is the first set of billboards and the left is the second set. Compare the two. Notice the difference...
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Culture Exchange Graffiti / Beirut-Berlin
I was contacted by Don R. Kari after he saw the Lebanese Graffiti post on my blog. Don Kari is a german graffiti artist. He and his german graffiti colleagues initiated a project in Cuba and now they...
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“Deen Tight” Arabic Hip Hop Documentary Movie
I was asked to create an Arabic Hip Hop style title for the Deen Tight Movie. The title is spelled in English but it should reflect the Arabic Square kufi style and incorporate the Hip Hop look in it....
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Bombing Beirut – Arabic Graffiti Workshop
On the 4th, 5th and 6th of November I took part of an Arabic graffiti workshop which was given by the German graffiti artist Mr. Don Karl. It was great to finally meet up with Lebanese graffiti artist...
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29letters T-Shirts
I did some Arabic Vernacular T-Shirts design in my spare time. I would appreciate your comments on them. You would buy any? There is a style you prefer against another? or… The number of Arabic letters...
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Massira Spray in This Is Not a Love Song
Massira Spray, one of my graduation Arabic fonts at Type & Media / KABK, was used for This Is Not a Love Song exhibition at The Empty Quarter in DIFC in Dubai, UAE.
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Urban Arabic Graffiti within Political Arab Crisis
My talk Urban Arabic Graffiti within Political Arab Crisis at AtypI Dublin 2010 was a continuation of the lecture about Arabic graffiti in Lebanon that i gave at Notre Dame University part of the City...
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Censored. Why now? Graffiti in Beirut post Arab revolutions.
Since the publication of the Arabic Graffiti Book in 2011, which I co-edited with Don Karl, the scene and stance of graffiti in Beirut has changed drastically. With the development of the Arab Spring...
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