the hamsa hand.jpg by yosi aptekar

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15-APR-2004

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/25s f/8.0 at 43.0mm iso100 full exif

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Gayle P. Clement		26-Jun-2004 01:24
I love the detail and the cloth below it has such wonderful shadings of color.

penny roots		02-May-2004 19:49
Beautiful , wonderful detail .

Vinay		17-Apr-2004 22:54
Beautiful

Dawn		16-Apr-2004 03:40
Wonderful colors & detailing.

Anna Yu		15-Apr-2004 19:17
Thanks Lou for the history of this beautiful picture.

Lou Giroud		15-Apr-2004 17:59
This is a real nice specimen of a Hamsa Hand. This talisman is used in arabic and jewish cults as a protection against evil and evil eye. In jewish it's called hamesh hand and in arabic hamsa. Hamesh and hamsa mean "five" and refers to the five digits of the hand. In other regions of arabic speaking countries like in Tunisia, the hand is called Hand of Fatima and in some jewish regions it's called the hand of Miriam. Good picture and nice object to comment and tell what's the story about.

Larry Ahern		15-Apr-2004 17:38
That's beautiful ...

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