Arabesque

Hassan Massoudi, Peace

This post was already on my mind since I love Arab art and calligraphy, 

today I dedicate it to all the Arab people fighting for their rights...

may your victory come soon! 

Bird shaped calligraphy, 17th century Iran,

from the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin

Aldin Rashid

Françoise Joire, Arabalphabêtes

 19th century Turkish wall painting in the shape of a lion, thanks to gramatologia

 Bismillah in the shape of an ostrich and

elephant shaped calligraphy by Hassan Musa

unidentified calligraphy found at BibliOdyssey

Jila Peacock, two animal shaped poems for Ten poems from Hafez

poster by Mehdi Saeedi 

Shahnawaz Alam Ahmed, poetry by Meer Taqi Meer, thanks to Ephemera Assemblyman

Salavat Ghilyazetdinov, Prophet's Horse, from the International Exhibition of Calligraphy

for more images and links check out 

BibliOdyssey's beautiful Zoomorphic Calligraphy post