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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 530841, member: 5833&quot;]It&#039;s not a Cubist piece, it&#039;s just that Hagar&#039;s face reminds one of Picasso.&nbsp; It could almost be the design for a stained glass window.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hagar &amp; Ishmael play a much larger role in Islamic tradition than they do in Judaism or Christianity, and, to some extent, Ishmael can be seen as a founder of the line that leads to Muhammad &amp; some of the Arab peoples, with Abraham being the progenitor of both lineages.&nbsp; The dove &amp; lamb on the left, not to mention the blended skin tone of the infant Ishmael, seem to me to be an expression of a wish for peace between the faiths.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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