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- 'artist:Abdul Karim Awad'
- 'artist:Courtney Bowles'
- 'artist:Mark Strandquist'
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***Where the Lines of Our Hands Meet*** artist book from [Courtney Bowles and Mark Strandquist](http://peoplespaperco-op.weebly.com/) was collaborative and transformational from process to product.

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من خلال عمل...
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The hands printed on the handmade paper are photos Mark made of the hands of project collaborators. The Arabic calligraphy was hand done by project collaborator, Abdul Karim Awad.

The hands printed on the handmade paper are the hands of project collaborators. The Arabic calligraphy was done by hand by project collaborator, Abdul Karim Awad.
What is the story told in the lines of your hands?

This work was commissioned as part of the _Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary_ project for Swarthmore College Rare Books Collection in 2018/2019 and exhibited at [Swarthmore College McCabe Library,](https://www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/mccabe-library)[4th Floor of the Philadelphia City Hall](https://creativephl.org/), and [Booklyn](http://booklyn.org/).
This work was commissioned as part of the _Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary_ project for Swarthmore College Rare Books Collection in 2018/2019 and exhibited at [Swarthmore College McCabe Library,](https://www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/mccabe-library) [4th Floor of the Philadelphia City Hall](https://creativephl.org/), and [Booklyn](http://booklyn.org/).

Photo credits: [Ricky Yanas](http://rickyyanas.com/) (Photos 1-3 at Philadelphia City Hall);[Husam Al-Obaidi](https://www.facebook.com/Say-Cheese-106758220748744/)