Arabic Poetry Paints

Arabic poetry, each line with its own painting

From al-Mutanabbi to Ahmad Shawqi: lines people know by heart, written in four scripts over paintings made for their meaning. Printed to order in the UAE, from 50 × 35 cm.

See the paints
Painted for the lineEvery background was made for its own verse: the season, the light and the place come from its words.
The words are set, not drawnEach line is set letter by letter in Mashq Studio, so what you see is what is printed.
Seven sizesFrom 50 × 35 cm above a desk to 120 × 90 cm on a majlis wall, rolled, framed, or framed under acrylic glass.
Made to order5–7 working days, then UAE delivery at AED 50 per order, however many pieces.

The four scripts

Nastaliq · the hanging script Persian calligraphers shaped for poetry

Thuluth · the grand script of mosque inscriptions

Diwani · the flowing script of the Ottoman chancery

Kufic · the oldest of the Arabic scripts, upright and geometric

Every paint from AED 135 framed, or AED 70 as a rolled canvas, in seven sizes.

Want your own line? Write it in Mashq Studio and order it as a paint in any of these sizes.

Not sure about the size? The size guide shows each one to scale.