Des Cicatrices

From the lyrics of Mental – Grand Corp Malade.

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When the last tree has died

Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught, will we realise we cannot eat money.

— Cree Proverb.

 

If you wish to have this illustration on your desktop click on this link to download it in a desktop friendly format.

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.عم بتسجّل؟ سجّل

 

< Inspired by this photograph of Palestinian Refugees.

 

I made it as a desktop image on my Mac. Have it on your desktop too! Click on this LINK to download it with textured background, or on THIS one to download it with a white background.

 

 

 

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World Refugee Day

20th of june is the World Refugee Day. and this is an illustrated calendar desktop for june 2011, that you can download by clicking on the picture above. after stating the obvious, comes some more interesting details what is this illustration exactly? and why now? this desktop illustration is part of the social calendar […]

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would i make a difference?

“one person has the power to change… but if we come together we can change the world.”

i am turning off my lights from 8h30 to 9h30 this saturday and lighting up a candle instead. join me to make a Much bigger difference. and let’s imagine what we can do if we go beyond this […]

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banu musa

this is one of the article illustrations i do each month for mawhiba magazine. this one about banu musa.

 

 

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characters from my sketch book

 

 

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جديد blog …لأنو صار بدها

mar7aba jami3an!!

i am back to blogging enjoy the new look and the new posts!

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“we are educating people out of their creativity.”

i read something for Ken Robinson about the educational system that touched me and intrigued me, so i decided to draw and talk about it.

i used to be very bad at school.. not a very long time ago i discovered that there is a thing in life that i am good at. a […]

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و ستور ما شفت منّا

i am one of the actors performing in this play. as the poster is saying, this is not a play, it’s a series of scenes. each one of us conceived his own scene, his own message, vision… and this translated into dramatic, spiritual, romantic, dreamy, energetic and comic stands…

…something you will definitely enjoy! i […]

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italiaaa انا آتيت

i won a trip to italy in let’s comics competition. so i am going to lucca (tuscany) in november to the lucca comics and games fair. yeaheeeeey!

lucca is very famous for its intact renaissance-era city walls… the old town remained intact as the city expanded and modernized. i am so excited for […]

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ما كلّو صرصور

. did you know that cockroaches have family & friends which they recognize by their distinctive odors

• they have faster reflexes than humans; even faster than Michael Jordan’s • they have one great big nerve on tails alerting them to danger from behind • they breathe through their sides – not their noses […]

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Ibn Al Haytham – article illustration

here are some of the illustrations for “موهبة” Mawhiba’s monthly article. this issue is about Alhazen. of all articles i enjoyed this one the most, since i had the chance to experience bits of the arabic magical mood, old cloth…

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Graham Bell – article illustration

another article illustration for “موهبة” Mawhiba (Saudi magazine aiming to encourage young talented people); this time about Graham Bell.

Bell was obsessed with sounds from since he started reasoning. the article tells how he was trying once to hear the sound of the corn plant growing up… here’s where the title page illustration is from:

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some sketches

i took a workshop with jorj abou mhaya (a great illustrator) where we focused on characters illustration (some history, tips and practice…). jorj is giving now a workshops on sketching & the drawing basics. if you are interested this is the links on facebook

i had some time this weekend to scan some of my […]

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BEYROUTES a guide to Beirut

i was one of the participants of the project: Beyroutes, A guide to Beirut. the result of the project is a book that was launched last saturday (6 march 2010).

Beyroutes, unlike any other guide to Beirut, presents a whole different way of touring in Beirut… a way that takes “the human infrastructure as a […]

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ما بيجمع بيناتنا إلّا هل طبخة

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the mouse finally found her tail and they lived happily ever after..

this was a very small project for a friend Khajag Apelian who did his masters in type design. Khajak designed Arek -the type face that you can see in the pictures- as as a thesis for his masters. it’s an armenian typeface specifically designed for school books. for his type specimen book he chose two […]

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إديسون قبل إديسون

“موهبة” Mawhiba is a Saudi organization aiming to encourage young talented people and helping them develop their talents. i illustrated an article inside a monthly magazine for Mawhiba organization; the magazine also called Mawhiba. the article “Edison before Edison” talks about the life of Thomas Edison, with a focus on his childhood and some […]

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Vitrine a new performance featuring Aida Sabra & Joulia Kassar

i was part of the team who worked on Vitrine’s visual creation, and communication material. and i have to say the crew working on this play is amazing! i learned a lot during the process starting from Nehmeh’s patience and calmness even under stress, David‘s visual expertise, William‘s conceptional creative mind, and Elias calmness. am […]

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christmas painting

christmas is all about show off and over-consumption for me. this is not the message behind this painting although i called it “christmas painting”; actually no christmas messages are intended in it. but this is rather my solution for what i hate in christmas. i went with the movement saying: do your gifts instead of […]

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illustrating “lamiss”

i was part of the team working on the process of the new initiative by casfekra: createseats.com

in short the idea behind createseats is this: instead of buying those generic passe-par-tout gifts, casafekra aims to help create “thought-of” personal gifts that leave people feeling appreciated. read more on the blog post of casafekra: “the one […]

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