Title Page - Shiraz's Moon Thomas Thompson November 30, 2016 View fullsize With a dedication to Professor Muḥsin Mahdī (d. 2007) from the author (ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī), dated 7/25/76.This edition is held at Brown's Rockefeller Library.
Qamar Shīrāz (Shiraz's Moon) Thomas Thompson November 29, 2016 View fullsize The cover of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bayātī's Qamar Shīrāz, Baghdad: 1975.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Fourth Chapter (3) Thomas Thompson November 28, 2016 View fullsize The last drawing from Mahfouz's Miramar.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Fourth Chapter (2) Thomas Thompson November 25, 2016 View fullsize Coming to the end of the Miramar drawing series. Look out for more charcoal drawings during the month of December.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Fourth Chapter Thomas Thompson November 24, 2016 View fullsize The narrator of the fourth chapter in Mahfouz's Miramar, Ḥusnī ʿAllām.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Third Chapter (2) Thomas Thompson November 21, 2016 View fullsize Mahfouz's Miramar. Drawing in charcoal.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Third Chapter (1) Thomas Thompson November 20, 2016 View fullsize Chapter Three of Mahfouz's Miramar, narrated by Manṣūr Bahī. Drawing in charcoal.Last day of #MESA2016Boston! Happy 50th anniversary MESA!
Mahfouz's Miramar - Second Chapter (4) Thomas Thompson November 19, 2016 View fullsize Drawing in charcoal. We're still enjoying #MESA2016Boston! Follow us @ArtsandAdab.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Second Chapter (3) Thomas Thompson November 18, 2016 View fullsize Hey #MESA2016Boston! Follows @ArtsandAdab on Twitter for daily doses of art and adab.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Second Chapter (2) Thomas Thompson November 17, 2016 View fullsize Drawing in charcoal. We're at #MESA2016Boston! Find any cool books/art? Tweet it at us: @ArtsandAdab.
Mahfouz's Miramar - Second Chapter (1) Thomas Thompson November 16, 2016 View fullsize Narrated by Sirḥān al-Buḥayrī. Drawing done in charcoal.