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jist

2008-06-25T13:36:00.002+03:00

Here's a collective of random design/art stuff I found on the net

UNICEF's Fifty Designers' Current Favourite Typefaces:
£3 - You get the book with the samples, the money goes to charity.
i catalyst:
Collective of Contemporary Egyptian Visual Art, quite experimental and very eye-pleasing
The group of artists involved include: Kareem Lotfy, George Azmy, Ahmad Hefnawy and more. Mohamad A. Fahmy of Ganzeer participated in their event "Breaking Boredom"
BOQ بوق:
Yet another from Egypt, a blogozine titled "Boq"

Syntaxification

2008-06-22T12:27:00.003+03:00

So, to those who don't know already - this is my Week 2 working with Syntax. I'm really enjoying it, and I'm loving the atmosphere and all. I'm quite finding a hard time shifting from being a very experimental illustrator to be more clean cut and be respectful to design rules (and rulers, lol)

bass, so yeah - Syntaxer is the title I suppose :)

Done?

2008-06-14T04:26:00.002+03:00

El naas b 3amman ba6alat te3raf te7ki 3ARABI

Ishi be7azzen.

back in Amman

2008-06-05T21:09:00.001+03:00

I'm back in Amman, but is it for good? Only fate knows - because I don't know if I will be spending yet another year in London studying or I'm done with it..

Leaving Chepstow (the halls/dorms I lived in last year) was quite emotional - It was more like a wrap up for me to be leaving the country. All the good things almost happened to me there, I got to know a lot about Omar and other people surrounding me - and never to forget the hours spent with friends in my room (or Brunel in general) and all the memories connected to each corner...

I will definitely miss Brunel, and I came to realise that my best days are my Brunel days. I am back in Amman - a lot of change happening in my life and I'm trying to adapt to it. I want to thank my friends for the smiles, laughs, wall-bangs, neighbours, munchies, dances & good times I had.

photos: my prayer mat before sunset in my chepstow room / my room getting packed and cleared

My Identity

2008-05-07T00:00:00.000+03:00

I'm an Liberal Arab Nationalist, a Progressive Muslim who supports Secularism in the seek for the good of the countries.

And please don't preach to me about the 'evils' that lie under the self identification as "nationalist" - it shouldn't in no sense mean that it embraces the fabricated concepts of I'm-better-than-you racist undertones,

+ If we can't unite politically, and we care so much about borders and land, then I'm sure we can unite culturally and in different forms of expression (i.e. art).

What is your identity?

FontStruct: Everybody's a Typographer?

2008-05-05T14:39:00.000+03:00

I was a tad excited to see that there's an online software/interactive system that allows you to develop types without downloading some Trial version of a huge software onto your system. I personally don't know much about Typography, I admire it, and I think if I delve into it I'll be hugely interested yet I still didn't get to this point - still an illustration sucker.

The website FontShop, one of the leading Fonts/Typography networks out there created FontStruct - a website that allows you to build, share and download fonts created using "FontStructor"; Developed by Rob Meek.

So I went ahead, signed up to the site and started fiddling around until to my surprise I see that they support a number of different languages/letter sets. And ta-da! There lies "Arabic". I clicked on it and started looking at the set of letters they had, though it included characters which would never be used in Arabic scripts but still, I quite liked it! Though some characters didn't show up to me.

Here's my trial, but then to find out I've added a hamza to a hamza-less Alef! Forgiveness, I'm erasing the hamza!

(click to enlarge)

I think it's quite revolutionary to be honest, I'm clueless if such projects been created before (and if so, please inform me) but I really like the whole feel to FontStruct and I believe it's a good

platform for budding Typographers - and even those who just have general interest - to develop and get good exposure.

Go ahead, fiddle with it, and make it your daily meal of font creation :)

what i've been doing

2008-05-04T14:55:00.001+03:00

well, in little words; spending most of my time in the library "trying" to study
exams will be done on the 15th, dissertation results on the 16th.

wa7ad w 3eshreen

2008-04-13T12:14:00.000+03:00

i'm 21 today *burp*

will post later about the partay ;D

after 3 years...

2008-04-07T03:09:00.000+03:00

of education in the UK, the Arab in me still in full galore when it comes to tybos (typos) on Word.

I'm hours away from submitting my dissertation, wish me luck!

rephrase

2008-04-04T01:53:00.000+03:00

When you're asked to reference an article, study, journal or book you're usually required to rephrase. Yet I didn't come to the point where my grammar knowledge is failing me (I blame my school, we were barely taught any grammar, grr). Which one of the following is correct?

There are a number of different types of design methodologies
There is a number of different types of design methodologies

Does the 'are' belong to the "methodologies" or does the 'is' relate to "a number"? Can you Englishsters help me out please?

Kids don't fornicate! The label "fuck" is related to my university, I'm still working on my damn dissertation and I'm still not done (deadline: Monday the 7th).

rest in peace

2008-04-02T02:32:00.001+03:00

Mr. Haitham Shawash, father of fellow blogger Moey has passed away earlier yesterday (1st of April).

Allah yer7amo :(
انا لله و انا اليه راجعون

The People of Gaza

2008-03-30T17:50:00.001+03:00

It's quite hard to find any material, whether documentations or any other form that is concerned to reflect on the people of Gaza rather on the social everyday situations they live in. But here comes a ray of light. Zouheir Alnajjar is a 29-year-old Palestinian Flim-making Journalist that produced short documentaries concerning Gaza and more importantly the people of Gaza.

With extremely interesting approaches, a surprisingly high level of professionalism and a local reporter which means he has a deeper understanding to his own people, come the videos of Zouheir Alnajjar or as he's called journalist_pal on Current TV's profile of his.

I would like to share what I thought were two very interesting short documentaries of his, but you can easily access all his other work through current tv.

I am personally very proud of Zouheir and the amount of effort he's putting into wrapping up these videos. It's very refreshing to see that the he's a Palestinian and he's trying to get the message through in the most sincere way possible. Gelnar Mousa and Najwa Qasem might be of the best Arab journalists out there, but it's also time for ones that need to communicate to the ones across the borders.

i'm not ok

2008-03-27T13:46:00.000+03:00

Funny how us Arabs are programmed to answer "El 7amdulillah", "Tamam", "Kwayyes", "Mnee7" when asked how we are doing. I'm not ok, I'm actually very sad.

As I write this, my hard disk is being regenerated. It failed me a couple of days ago, which led to my laptop not functioning.

I'm all over the place, I don't know if I sound by any way coherent. Anyway, yeah, Hard Disk failure which led to me losing all my artworks, files and photos that carry SO many memories.
Got an art school to apply to it and no portfolio, a dissertation in 10 days and no work spirit at all. Please don't suggest how could it get any worse, because I already done all the scenarios in my head.

hm, sad

everything of the day: 2

2008-03-17T16:32:00.000+02:00

Remember the first time I did "everything of the day", well this is the 2nd version because I think it's fun to build up. And oh, to all the readers who are missing my lists I'm afraid the internet is amazingly boring at the moment and I'll wait until it gets a bit interesting.

Word of the day:

Pagal is Urdu/Hindi for the word "Mad" or "Crazy". I love the sound of it, because you say like like "Puh-Gall". Don't Americanise it and do it "Pay-gal". Ain't nobody paying for the gal! ;D
So yeah, and you can use it in a sentence like "Tum bahaut pagal ho" which means "You're very crazy". lol

Video of the day:

Hat-tip to Fatimah Saleh. The ad is amazing, I just love how cool and geeky the kids are :D I wish to say cute, but I think they're beyond that! haha. I love how the other kid butts in and does weird hand under armpit with crazy facial expressions. Possibly best ad in years! WE WANT THE FUNK, WE WANT THE FUNK! OWWW!

Song of the day:

Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (Voodoo And Serano Remix)

Robyn's an artist from Sweden and possibly most of you know her. This song got my attention after the heavy rotation of the music video of Be Mine! (which I think is a brilliant music video, Max Vitali is my new favourite!). I listened to With Everyheart Beat the original and I liked it, but this remix is excellent and I believe it's a solid club remix.

Photo of the day:

There was a tie whether I want to put this one or this one. Both belong to Kosheen, as they've been used with the album Resist (cover photo above). Anyway, I think the photograph is absolutely beautiful. Taken by Patrice Hanicotte and it beautifully matches the mood of the album, and seriously convey aspects that we don't witness in Animals yet it seems we can seriously relate to them emotionally. Hugely inspirational!

Link of the day:

Crazy collection of Zombified Hollywood celebrities, quite fun!

Blog of the day:

Simply, supplies you with the best inspirations ever! Creative art & design features on daily basis.

Logo of the day:

The Arabised Logo of Nestle by Rasha Rahal is just pure brilliant.

parents, do your children a favour...

2008-03-11T02:50:00.000+02:00

... and teach them a valuable lesson that will get them to deal with everything easier:

Since I was contemplating on making up a children's book a while ago, I am starting to consider what will I be telling the children that will help them get a better understanding of that short life. I seriously still can't find a point of people claiming that they don't want the childhood of their children being "stolen away" while they allow them to play video games where you get charged up by 'fornicating' with a prostitute! (hat-tip: Kenan)

What lies under the concept of Life Is Fucked Up? Almost everything they need to know. And here is what it's about:

Never expect too much, not from people nor yourself
The thicker skin you got, the more chances you get to survive in this fuckin' life
Keep blaming yourself for being a bad person, no point of pointing the fingers at this and that and that - it's all you; parents never bring you up, it's your own fuckin' journey
Friends are like bread, the more pour into them, the more soggy and useless they become
Nobody gives a fuck about you, except your mother maybe. Not even your "best" friend
If you have a bad habit, and it helps you relax whatsoever, don't consider it a "bad" one - just keep doing it and wave the bird to everyone in their faces.
Sleep for two full days every week
You'll meet more shit-heads than good people
If you got a problem, go complain to a complete stranger - drunk and passed out would be better
The more deep you try to dig, the more fucked up shit you'll find - so stay shallow.
Don't Trust Any Fuckin' Body on this Earth
Use the word FUCK, because it's possibly the most expressive word in the history of languages and particularly English.
Your friends are fucked up, your teachers are fucked up, your classmates are fucked up, your colleagues are fucked up and even your doctors. Almost everybody you meet is fucked up, we just show each others beautiful sugar coatings. So don't think you're the only one leading a fucked up life.
DO YOUR FUCKIN' ASSIGNMENTS BEFORE THE FUCKIN' DEADLINE BY AT LEAST 2 MONTHS.

Yeah so shoot me, all this list leads up to the fact that you should do your assignments early. Do you realise the amount of stress students get under from assignments. And then Psychology people wonder why most of the nation is fucked up.

Don't give a fuck about this post, if you relate to it by any sense - you're in a fucked up position just like most people out there. So here's a new thing you learn about yourself.

I think I'm leaving blogging quite soon...

The Fabulous Picture Show with Captain Abu Raed

2008-02-24T16:06:00.004+02:00

As I attended the screening of Captain Abu Raed here in London, I was very delighted to see that there was media attention and most specifically from Al Jazeera English as they also hosted the screening in a sense.

Many asked me what I thought of the movie, I think it's absolutely brilliant. It sends out a message that could possibly be the most important message we need to send out in the mean time. The quality of the production was beyond amazing, and the twist of the story was extremely interesting and unexpected.

What's the message? That Arabs, as much as they are living in political turmoil and in a geographic area where they were destined to face politics anyway they change their direction, we are also humans which lead lives just as any universal citizen and we face social problems and issues that was barely brought to attention in film making or even in the media in general. This message was quite clear and carried on in Nadine Labaki's Caramel, as she also chose not by any chance mention the War on Lebanon or the political differences people might have in Lebanon.

Anyway, watch the video and I will pop up a couple of times in it. Too bad my friends didn't, well just Sultan for a bit but not Noora and Aliya :(

bollywood goodness

2008-02-18T03:48:00.004+02:00

Ok, here's the deal. Every once in a while I get inspired by a certain culture. That includes the music, history, cuisine, movies, language, culture and more. Remember the time I was dying to go to Tokyo? I mean I still do want to go there but I'm into another culture which I felt I could relate to more as I can easily be in contact with. I always liked it, but now I'm rather focusing on experiencing it as much as possible.

My friends who are from South Asia (Sabz, Tas, & Myiah) introduced me to a couple of musical performances from Bollywood movies. I have to say, I always liked how Bollywood acts are perfectly in-sync and how every little detail is paid attention to. It has it's own flavour. I was introduced so many times previously by my friends Souraiya and Harry-Singh, but now I got my memory revived with the brilliance of such productions. The following are a couple of the videos they showed me:

[Stage6 is Dead Now]

This is a music video from the Bollywood film of the same title Aaja Nachle which means "Come and Dance". It features Mandhuri Dixit who is a renowned Bollywood artist and been considered an icon in Bollywood.

This on the other hand is the one that really blew me away, unfortunately I couldn't find it in Higher Quality but I absolutely love everything about it. The gracefullness of both Mandhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai is just fascinating. The colours, the vibrant atmosphere, the set - it's all magical. This is from the movie Devdas which apparently was a huge hit and I'm planning on watching it very soon. The song is already on my iPod, which I consider very catchy and great to listen to!

I'm also watching the new release of Jodhaa Akbar which shall be interesting since it focuses on a story of the Mughal Jalaluddin Akbar (or as referred to as Akbar the Great) and his Hindu wife Jodhaa (or Jodhabai, a.k.a Marrium-uz-Zamani). Here's the trailer from the film, although I'm not so impressed with the editing of the trailer but the film must be good:

[Stage6 is Dead Now]

So yeah, more to be watched and enjoyed - yet for the meantime I'll just enjoy strolls in Southall!
As I have strong urge to eat Butter Chicken Masala, Chicken Tikka, Naans & Onion Bhajji to be finishing it off with Lassi all week long. See? this is a culture I can get in touch with and experience on an almost full level. It might be upsetting to those of origins from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh or others but when you can't go there I guess this is the best you can get when you're in the UK, no?

p.s: Pakistanis are HAWT, i didn't just discover that - it was over the span of the last 2 and half years ;D

Hooker Barbies

2008-02-16T15:19:00.002+02:00

just when you can't find the right idol for your daughters, why not teach them how to dress like hookers and earn their own money by hours of hard work?

I mean, come on! When I first saw the image I thought it was a parody but it seems to be REAL! Of course, me by the forces of nature couldn't help but fiddle with such atrocious thing.

Here are the gear that comes with your hooker Barbie. We shall examine them one by one:

First, Bagme™ - The suitcase/bag that allows you to fit in all your needs and necessities for the evening.

From the wide range of Barbie™ diaphragms, Barbie™ Contracepta™ and Ken-Is-Shit™ condoms. Just when you feel you don't think that client is the right man to be your baby's daddy - pop that diaphragm in girl and you're set to go.
The other item would be the Barbie Wipemeoff Handkerchief™ that can come in handy after your customer's unwanted 'romance explosions' all over the scene. It can also be used to wipe off your whore paint and shoo away flies from your rotten areas (if you know what I'm sayin'...)
The SeeItRightItAintNoFakeMoney Spectacles™ are for the sole purpose of verifying your commission's authenticity. Fed up with them cheapsters trying to get you with FAKE money. Not anymore *happy product smile*
The Hat - it's just a damn hat, you can still use it as Barbie Wipemeoff Handkerchief™.
If you're going to the mall, you know they won't let you in with your beautiful slut ruffle skirt. So you slip on the Slut-In-Capris™ and you'll magically turn into a mall rat. Or just a rat, in jeans, depends on how ugly you look.
The Barbie-Dayum-I'm-Havin'-A-Baybee™ set is just the most appropriate for you. You need this anytime anywhere. A number of 6 pregnancy tests come in this black luxurious purse with the Hooker Barbie™ emblem in hot pink.
Don't you worry about your creepy clients anymore, the My-Client-Is-Kinky Butt Spanker™ is just the right thing to have around in case your client is into masochism. It also comes in black with the brilliant emblem.
Barbie™ Hootchie-Sandals™ are the best thing to have if you want to air your toes from them tight leather boots. Also, you can shove it up the smelly cootch of that ho that keeps stealing your clients from the corner down next to the parking lot!
Bracelets are just bracelets, no sexual double-function to them.

Hooker Barbies are only available online, you can order one through Amazon US. Just for $15! What a catch. Thumbs up to The Last Shall Be First. If you're unsatisfied with your Hooker Barbie and looking for something more "dope" you can opt for Crack Ho Barbie. And for one with better dancing and "performing" skills, you can get the Exotic Dancer Barbie.

the post about everything

2008-02-12T17:23:00.001+02:00

WARNING: This post is a photo post, so it's filled with images and random bits of writing. Enjoy ;)

One: Anti Everything is going great, you can check the group's pool on Flickr for the work there. My favourites are the following:

I just have a weakness for lips and teeth, being illustrated of course ;D

i love the simplicity of this spread, and I just think it's visually amazing

Love it! Such serif font never looked so interesting.

Two: I received 3 beautiful t-shirts from Blouzaat back in Jordan. The delivery took about a week, and it came in a beautiful wrapping. Check out the joyous set of photos I have of the 'occasion':

The t-shirts will be available for online ordering pretty soon, and for Europe (including UK) it takes about a week to arrive. So, you peoples can purchase the lovely t-shirts online pretty soon ;D

Three: the collection of my Mighty Glasses photographs is growing everyday day! Note that the following ones are in total random order and from very different times. Some go back to May 2007 and some from 2 days ago ;D

Lana

Rasha

Mai

Mohammad

Bilal

Yasemin

Sabeha (Sabz)

Hamza

Myiah

Ayaan

Sanaa

Tasmeya (Tas)

Asif

Bahaa'

Four: I didn't share my treasures and goodies that I got from Egyptoland, so here they are.

Recommended by MoFa, possibly one of the best books ever!

Umm Kulthum in London, possibly snapped on an ancient
Lomographic Supersampler. This page is from the magazine Al Kawakeb
about Um Kulthum's concert in London.

Al Kawakeb magazine, the Special Summer Issue. 1966, it has loads of
Egyptian celebrities enjoying their time on the beach.
Even some editorial with Suaad Husni!

Nadia Lotfi again on the cover of Kawakeb, but that's back in 1962.
I really like the Westend Watches' ad at the back!

Poster of "Hekayet El Omr Kollo" - who would resist buying
a poster with Ahmad Ramzi grabbing Faten Hamama's leg? haha

Little affiche (poster) of the movie "Al Shakk Al Qatel"
I just love EVEYTHING about this - look at the beautiful details
the illustrations, the typography, the layout. Beautiful!

I got a whole book (bound) of Al Mosawwer magazine for the year 1955
Aside from featuring interesting articles - the number of fascinating calligraphy,
illustrative ads, and interesting photographs is never-ending.
I just couldn't post the photos of everything!

That's it y'all, better comment! hehe

featured!

2008-02-11T15:16:00.000+02:00

Erik Brandt from Typografika was kind enough to feature me on his blog GEOTYPOGRAFIKA and wrote beautiful words about my work. It makes me sort of value my work a bit more, although I still believe I have a really long journey to get to the point where I'd address myself as a "talent".

Getting feedback on your work is excellent, especially when it comes from people that delved enough into the field and know what they are talking about.

Therefore, I would like to say:
Shukran Erik شكراً ايريك

Although I can go on writing a whole letter to you, but I'll keep it short and Arabic ;D

anti everything

2008-02-04T14:51:00.000+02:00

as much as I was focusing on my Art being represented in an Arabic form, I really wanted to work on something that could possibly communicate better to non-Arabs. The matter is, I didn't find any appropriate space to work in, though I have worked on a couple lately. This was until I found a very interesting idea, proposed by my Flickr friend, Graphic Designer Thom Bird.

Anti Everything is an independent zine that will feature art articles yet mostly artworks. This involves typography experiments, illustrations, collage...etc. The zine will be fully in Black & White - which makes it easier to reproduce without losing the fun (that sentence sounded quite bad, haha).

The main concept from the name is that every issue we choose a keyword, and the theme of the issue would be against it. For example, "War" the issue would be "Anti War". The first issue will be finished by the time of Valentines and the keyword chosen is "Love". So the issue will be Anti Love.

The founder is Thom Bird and the contributors are Sarah France, Sam Dunn and myself. Really excited for what's coming up - and here are just a couple of doodling I did that might or might not end up in the actual issue:

I got a bunch more, but I will post about the final issue when It happens :)
i love you people still reading my blog, you are loyal!

even if it leads to nowhere

2008-02-02T05:02:00.000+02:00

soundtrack of your life should consist many tracks, and I got a good bunch so far but this is the latest edition, here's my new favourite tune (and Artist)

Chasing Pavements by Adele. To hell with Dopey Horsehouse!

Demonstrations for Gaza in UK 2008

2008-01-25T17:12:00.001+02:00

I know i'm not supposed to be here, I wasn't active by posting but unfortunately I stayed lurking around friends' blogs as well as others commenting and whatsoever. Work is going on good - I had to share the following with you:

END THE SIEGE ON GAZA - INTERNATIONAL ACTION DAY

London:

Saturday 26th January

4-6pm

Opposite No10 Downing Street

Withehall, London

Manchester:

1:00 p.m

Meet outside M&S

Manchester City Centre.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

I urge you to come, and I will definitely try coming myself [loads of university work holds me back :( ]

[lame title]

2008-01-16T16:27:00.000+02:00

4

4 M

4 Mo

4 Mon

4 Mont

4 Month

4 Months

and i'll be freakin' done with university. YAY! Anyway, I got quite a bunch of work to do and finish pretty soon. So I wish you'd help me de-distract myself from the net. I will come occasionally every once in a while but I seriously need to cut down some blog-time in order to finish the dissertation (due 7th of April) and be free after the exams (Mid may). So yeah, thanks for understanding and I'm sorry in advance :)

Salaaam

my favourite arabic fonts

2008-01-13T22:18:00.000+02:00

I would like to share with you some of my favourite Arabic fonts. Some friends say my taste in fonts is a bit too classic, and I don't deny it. I really love those classic types, the ones where people think they're all the same until they see them next to each other and find the little variations in each. Ah, pootiful.

The one featured at the top is supplied to me by my super designer friend Diana, she used it in an artwork she did for me, which says "Omar doesn't Like you" in Arabic (عمر لا يحبكم), you can see it here:

The font used is Bader Al Gordabia-2, Designed by Libyan Bader Moftah El Jarow and Modified by Egyptian designer Mohammad Amer . Anyway, you can Download It (.zip file, right-click, save target as).

As for my classic fonts, here are them:

When I saw Advertising (Light, Medium and Extrabold) I instantly fell in love with it. Being basic, beautiful and a variation from the usual font used for Arabic text. The one shown above is the 'Light' weight - which is my favourite out of the three. Designed by Majid Al Otaibi. Right-click the image to download. Quote from Fairuz' song "Humoom Al Hobb"

This beautiful beautiful font is Al-Mohanad. It says it's 'cracked' by Al-Amri - I really wish to know who is the original designer of this masterpiece but I'll make a wild guess and expect it's created by Boutros . It's available in two weights; Light and Bold. I think it's absolutely excellent and beautifully classic. Especially the filled Ain (ع) and the way the Yaa' (ي) flips. It's the standard font you'd love to use for everything. Right-Click the image to save. Quote from Marcelle Khalife's "Rita".

Al-Sayf, or translated into "The Sword" but I guess it's named after a person as "Sayf" is a common male's name in Arabia. This font reminds me of text from vintage books for some reasons, I really like it. It sort of compact and quite basic. Also cracked by the so-called Al-Amri but I'd have to guess and say it's from Boutros as well. Right-click to save. Quote from Ziad Al Ahmadieh's "Ihki Lil Alam".

DecoType Professional Naskh is an amazing set of very traditional Arabic types obviously derived from the Naskh calligraphy. It's designed/created by Thomas Milo from Netherlands. The set might seem like fonts that as similar, but in fact each one has a different variation of several letters. Click on image to download.

And now done with the classic one, I also have variant favourite ones which you'll find below :D

I really really love this AGA Battouta font designed by MAK Alagha. "AGA" stands for Applied Graphic Arts. Available in two styles; Regular and Outline. I think the font is absolutely amazing, and it's excellent match with illustrations and graphics of comic/humorous theme. I also think it's the perfect type for Children's graphics and would definitely expect to see it on a children's book cover. I mean, the name by itself is fun! Click on image to download.

No, don't try to read it Arabically :P it's Farsi for "How are you cutie?" - you pronounce it "Chetori Shereen?". Hehe, yes I really love this Farsi-style font and I think Farsi calligraphy is one of the greatest. Surpsingly, this font is created by Microsoft Corporation. The font is called Farsi Simple and available in two style; Bold and Outline. Download by clicking on image above.

Last but not least, Hacen Egypt by the amazingly talented designer - Mohamad Hacen. I really love this font. He was very capable of capturing the inspiration well and apply it to this type - as to those who know well enough it is very reminiscent of the beautiful headings in the vintage (and probably current) Egyptian newspapers.

So that's it for my list, which took me ages to build up as I was on and off! Hope you'll like it and the selection of fonts would inspire you to create some stuff.