Gorgeous calligraphy canvas print by Nawaf Soliman as part of the Cities in the Heart exhibit. 

Numbered giclée on wood-stretched canvas

Four thousand years before the Birth of Christ (BC), four Canaanite tribes lived in the slopes of the mountains of Rumaida and Ras. The gathering of these tribes became an agreement and a site for companionship, and it was called "Hebron." And when the Prophet Mohammed and Khalil Ibrahim came, he gave the city this title Khalil, which means a friend, and it became Hebron.

This painting was written and drawn with the Arabic calligraphy style, Nisaburi, which is derived from the modern Kufic script. This style came from the city of Nishaphur (a city in the northeastern part of Iran). The name of the city was written four times to form a square, noting the four-sided Ibrahimi Mosque and the presence of the four holy burials. The letters employ the color brown color and earthy shades, which suggest antiquity and history.