Fine jewellery · Dubai · since 2006
Arabic calligraphy reimagined as sculptural fine jewellery — 18K gold, diamonds and precious stones, designed and made in Dubai.
The collections
Each collection translates a feeling into form — love, devotion, protection — drawn in the curves of Arabic script and cast in gold.
Hobb · حُبّ
Love, drawn in a single fluid line.
Ya Ein · يا عين
Diamonds and emeralds against the evil eye.
حُبّي
My love — baguette letters in scattered light.
أيقونة
The signatures that defined the house.
أولى
The first letter, the beginning of every story.
للرجال
Silver calligraphy with quiet strength.
براعم
First initials for the littlest stories.
The Maison
In 2006, photographer and designer Nadine Kanso began carving Arabic words into gold — turning language, memory and identity into jewellery you could hold close to the skin.
Two decades on, Bil Arabi is a contemporary fine-jewellery house designed and crafted in Dubai, and Kanso became the first Arab designer to collaborate with Guerlain.
Nadine Kanso, founder
Bespoke
Choose the word or name, the gold, the stone and the enamel. We draw it in Arabic calligraphy and craft it in our Dubai atelier — typically ready in five to seven days.
A name, a date, a phrase that matters.
Yellow, white or rose 18K — and your stone.
Hand-rendered in Arabic calligraphy.
Made in our atelier, ready in 5–7 days.
The atelier lens
THAT Concept Store, MOE
Visit us
Our first boutique is a shop-in-shop at THAT Concept Store — an ink-blue velvet jewellery box by architect Carl Gerges. Also at Bloomingdale's and The Dubai Mall.
