A draft Portfolio of original graphics. They may be used for any illustration provided the artist is notified and is referred to in small print. For more information contact: Khaled.Bizri.Art@GMail.com

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Introduction
This is a draft version of a planned portfolio for graphic work somewhat
in the graphic style of the pioneering Arabs of Andalusia.
Most of what they produced was in the form of carvings decorating
buildings, homes and public squares.
It is possible that the concept came from the Middle East – particularly
Syria, bearing in mind that the conquest of Spain on behalf of the
Amazigh(1)
against the occupying Visigoths was led by an escaping prince
and his entourage from Damascus, followed by waves of migration to
Andalusia once the Arabs and Amazigh settled in the Iberian Peninsula.
But this is a conjecture based on the existence of rudimentary form of
this art in Damascus during the Umayyad era, c. 700 AD, which preceded
the Abbasid’s!
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1 - The Amazighs are the original inhabitants of North Africa. They occupied coastal and inland regions, such as parts of
southern Libya. The Romans called the ‘Berbers,’ which they derived from the Greek word “bárbaros,” meaning a non-
Greek, later to be extended to mean “babbler,”as in the case of speakers of a foreign tongue.
The ancient Romans used the term. refer to all foreigners who lacked Greek and Roman traditions, especially the various
tribes and armies putting pressure on Rome’s borders.
Gradually, the term acquired a derogatory connotation which was adopted by most European languages and inherited
traditionally by others, including Arabic.
And that would be a most unjust and intolerable description of the Amazighs!

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I plan to build the final version into chapters, each devoted to a particular
style. In this connection, I do not claim that many of these styles existed
in Andalusia. Some certainly are not, particularly the diverse colorings
and shades added to the basic configuration.
Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome. Write to me at
Khaled.Bizri.Art@GMai.com.
Palo Alto, California.
October, 2020.
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