Alias...Using arabic names...wrong or right - Page 6

masrawy · 07-19-2008, 01:07 AM

Dear Aisha
Here you go the type face you liked, I add style to it so you can see it With style

. If there is anything else that I can do for you don't hesitate to ask.enjoy
Best Regards
Mahmoud

Aisha Azar · 07-19-2008, 02:31 PM

Dear Mahmoud,
Thank you so much. They are beautiful and I want to use one of them in our new business cards. Thank you for taking the time. they are beautiful!
Regards,
A'isha

masrawy · 07-19-2008, 04:15 PM

you are welcome have a great day.~Mahmoud

da Sage · 07-19-2008, 09:03 PM

Hi Mahmoud,

Do you speak Arabic fairly fluently? I may have a small favor to ask of you.

khanjar · 07-19-2008, 09:32 PM

I love Arabic calligraphy, it is pure art in writing, even the everyday stuff, it is so beautiful.

Interesting though, how much of the Western numeral system is based upon Arabic, I believe we have Fibonacci to thank for that.

I recently aquired a couple of Arabian coffee pots, dallahs, they were date stamped in arabic, and from the little I knew, the date was 1930, and they are still functional, just have to re -tin the interior.

Aisha Azar · 07-19-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by khanjar

I love Arabic calligraphy, it is pure art in writing, even the everyday stuff, it is so beautiful.

Interesting though, how much of the Western numeral system is based upon Arabic, I believe we have Fibonacci to thank for that.

I recently aquired a couple of Arabian coffee pots, dallahs, they were date stamped in arabic, and from the little I knew, the date was 1930, and they are still functional, just have to re -tin the interior.

Dear Khanjar,
I adore dellas and have a small collection of them. When I was in Cairo in April, my friend Hallah took me to her favorite metal dealer and he had so many dellas. I found one I really liked, covered with dust. But the dealer really knew his stock, claimed this was one of his favorites and cleaned the dust off and showed me a name engraved in Arabic of a person that it used to belong to on the neck of the della. How did he know it was there under all the dust???
I have two that I use often. I have a white china set from Saudi Arabia with the Saudi flag and the Muslim prayer, "There is no God but God" on it. The set has about 12 tiny little coffee cups, a tray, the della and an incense burner. My other dellas are all metal, some in a gold color, but mostly silver. I love them because they are dellas and also because except the one I bought in Cairo, they were given to me by various friends. When I see them I am reminded of them. Some are gone home now for many years.
Regards,
A"isha

khanjar · 07-19-2008, 10:31 PM

Arabian art is beautiful, something so mundane in the western world as a coffee pot, the dallah, I find the epitome of islamic art. So graceful, form and function, beauty to see and effective in it's application, the thin steam of coffee being allowed to oxidise before it hits the cup.

One thing I do like about Islamic items, is that they are art in themselves. Take my interest, the weapons of war, only Islamic weapons and armour are art in themselves, just look at the decoration, curvilinear floral patterns reminiscent of ancient celtic art. Even the calligraphic decoration, with odes to Allah, is beauty to the eyes and mind, not just simple writing, but symmetrical and distinctive art. Not knowing the language, I see the art in the words applied and feel the dedication of the artist.

With interest, the Islamic dallah coffee pot top, is very reminiscent of the Islamic warrior helmet, it itself beautiful in it's curves with it's aventail of maille. The same design, I have seen on the Domkirchen of Visby, the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic. Islamic art is common with the Swedes, they being the ones who via the land they named traded with the traders of Islam.

I had once a coffee cup set, brass and insribed on a little brass tray, the coffee pot was a one cup design and highly decorated, but not tinned inside. I take this as an ornamental or tourist piece. The ones I acquired recently were plain except for the hammer marks, they both around twelve inches high, a victory from ebay for something as cheap as £4.50. My knowledge of Arabic written words is non existent, I cannot translate the makers name, though it stares at me. I will discover the artists name, as tribute to an artist better than me.

Your collection holds many memories, my collection of things I have lost through the effects of marriage long gone. It was with luck or my ex wife's desire, that I managed to retrieve my ancient Omani khanjar, it a souvenir of my last time on Arabian sand. It it's self, the khanjar is dated to around the same time as my dallahs, circa 1930's, a time before the modern time.

Mosaic · 07-19-2008, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masrawy

Dear Aisha
Here you go the type face you liked, I add style to it so you can see it With style

. If there is anything else that I can do for you don't hesitate to ask.enjoy
Best Regards
Mahmoud

Those fonts are beautiful, You have a difficult choice Aisha, I would find it very difficult to choose which one to use

Do let us know which one you do choose.
~Mosaic

masrawy · 07-20-2008, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da Sage

Hi Mahmoud,
Do you speak Arabic fairly fluently? I may have a small favor to ask of you.

Hi da Sage
Arabic is my first languge, I don't speak it every day but I do try to keep up with friend and family back in Egypt. How can I help you ?
best regards
Mahmoud

da Sage · 07-20-2008, 02:18 AM

Hi Mahmoud - pming you.

07-19-2008, 01:07 AM	#51 (permalink)
masrawy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: In the Shadow Posts: 476	Style Dear Aisha Here you go the type face you liked, I add style to it so you can see it With style . If there is anything else that I can do for you don't hesitate to ask.enjoy Best Regards Mahmoud Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Be beautiful , the universe will turn beautiful in your eyes!"

07-19-2008, 02:31 PM	#52 (permalink)
Aisha Azar V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 4,495	Fonts Dear Mahmoud, Thank you so much. They are beautiful and I want to use one of them in our new business cards. Thank you for taking the time. they are beautiful! Regards, A'isha

07-19-2008, 04:15 PM	#53 (permalink)
masrawy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: In the Shadow Posts: 476	you are welcome have a great day.~Mahmoud __________________ "Be beautiful , the universe will turn beautiful in your eyes!"

07-19-2008, 09:32 PM	#55 (permalink)
khanjar Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: England Posts: 442	I love Arabic calligraphy, it is pure art in writing, even the everyday stuff, it is so beautiful. Interesting though, how much of the Western numeral system is based upon Arabic, I believe we have Fibonacci to thank for that. I recently aquired a couple of Arabian coffee pots, dallahs, they were date stamped in arabic, and from the little I knew, the date was 1930, and they are still functional, just have to re -tin the interior. __________________ I am a dream to some...and a nightmare to others.

07-19-2008, 10:31 PM	#57 (permalink)
khanjar Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: England Posts: 442	Arabian art is beautiful, something so mundane in the western world as a coffee pot, the dallah, I find the epitome of islamic art. So graceful, form and function, beauty to see and effective in it's application, the thin steam of coffee being allowed to oxidise before it hits the cup. One thing I do like about Islamic items, is that they are art in themselves. Take my interest, the weapons of war, only Islamic weapons and armour are art in themselves, just look at the decoration, curvilinear floral patterns reminiscent of ancient celtic art. Even the calligraphic decoration, with odes to Allah, is beauty to the eyes and mind, not just simple writing, but symmetrical and distinctive art. Not knowing the language, I see the art in the words applied and feel the dedication of the artist. With interest, the Islamic dallah coffee pot top, is very reminiscent of the Islamic warrior helmet, it itself beautiful in it's curves with it's aventail of maille. The same design, I have seen on the Domkirchen of Visby, the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic. Islamic art is common with the Swedes, they being the ones who via the land they named traded with the traders of Islam. I had once a coffee cup set, brass and insribed on a little brass tray, the coffee pot was a one cup design and highly decorated, but not tinned inside. I take this as an ornamental or tourist piece. The ones I acquired recently were plain except for the hammer marks, they both around twelve inches high, a victory from ebay for something as cheap as £4.50. My knowledge of Arabic written words is non existent, I cannot translate the makers name, though it stares at me. I will discover the artists name, as tribute to an artist better than me. Your collection holds many memories, my collection of things I have lost through the effects of marriage long gone. It was with luck or my ex wife's desire, that I managed to retrieve my ancient Omani khanjar, it a souvenir of my last time on Arabian sand. It it's self, the khanjar is dated to around the same time as my dallahs, circa 1930's, a time before the modern time. __________________ I am a dream to some...and a nightmare to others. Last edited by khanjar; 07-19-2008 at 10:48 PM.

07-19-2008, 09:03 PM	#54 (permalink)
da Sage V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: MN Posts: 1,108	Hi Mahmoud, Do you speak Arabic fairly fluently? I may have a small favor to ask of you.

07-20-2008, 02:18 AM	#60 (permalink)
da Sage V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: MN Posts: 1,108	Hi Mahmoud - pming you.