Today marks our - nag's and fa's - five years' anniversary. It's been a wonderful journey thus far. And now, with two extra members in our family, we are hungrier for more adventures down the road.

Five yrs strong... and counting...

Fa's loving idea after looking at Nag's unkempt hair. Thank you, dear. I love you, but I like it unkempt.

The following ambigrams were done on the night after Fa gave birth to our baby girl, Nayla Najwa. Freehand.

'naguib-fadilah' rotating into
'mother&-father'.

Some further explorations on stylistic designs.

Reads 'Md.Naguib' rotating into 'Singapura'. The 'red dot' was once a label given to this Island State by former Indonesian President Habibie, hinting of Singapore's small size in a region of bigger nations.

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Using the same style, an ambigram of 'M.Naguib':

... which could be inspired by the formula from a past design:

Some Kufic projects done in between marking sessions:

square kufic: 'Allah' in Arabic

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Based on a previous design. After starting out with very amateurish and simplistic-looking Square Kufic pieces, we delved into more complex designs, encouraged and spurred by khat calligraphy master, awangpurba of Malaysia.

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The next design is a Romanized Square Kufic, reading Fadilah-Naguib. To be hung on our yellow wall.

Romanized Kufic: Fadilah-Naguib
Romanized Kufic: Fadilah-Naguib

Romanized kufic: dinda-duyung
Romanized kufic: dinda-duyung
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A square kufic version of one of Nag's earliest designs (below) - Dinda Duyung (Darling Mermaid) - Nag's nickname for then-girlfriend Fa, now wife.

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My love for her

Endures forever

ambigram: Dinda(heart-shape)-Duyung