Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East

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- is a new exhibition at the British Museum 18 may - 3 sept london
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  2. Kun (kufic), N. Mansour, Jordan
  the letters K and N make up the arabic word for
  BE in the phrase BE AND YOU WILL BE (Qur'an 2:117)
  3. Fatiha (nasts'liq), Ch.-H. Zenderoudi, Iran
  5-6. heach (nasts'liq), P. Tanavoli, Iran
  this sequence of sculptures in different colours transforms
  the persian word "heach" meaning "nothing" into different shapes