(via Designboom)

Heavily drawing from traditional Arabic and eastern calligraphy, these transient light forms are captured using hand-held lamps and long exposure photographic techniques.

"Perhaps it’s naive of me to think that gay people have the answers, that our special condition oversteps boundaries, overcoming the political, religious, and social barriers that keep nations at war with their neighbors. But at times I felt tempted to conclude that this was the case during my recent tours of the Middle East …"

— Michael Luongo, on his experience editing and researching the Arabic edition of Gay Travels in the Muslim World.