Eid is the day the fast is broken, and the day gifts are given — to the children above all. Most of what gets bought is eaten or put away before the week is out. A print stays on the wall, and it keeps meaning something afterwards.
What suits whom
For children. The four children's motifs were drawn for this exact day: the Eid celebration, the gift being unwrapped, mother and child in their good clothes, the boy at prayer. They stay up in the nursery the rest of the year without being a one-day ornament. See the children's prints.
For a new home. The mosque and architecture motifs hold a wall on their own and suit the living room of someone who has just moved in — the Selimiye mosque, the minaret of Jam, the light inside the mosque.
For someone who likes quiet. The crescent motifs: the camel under the new moon, the dunes under a field of stars, the two golden moons. Muted colours, few elements. See the full Ramadan and Eid selection.
Framed or not
If the gift is going to be unwrapped and hung the same day, it needs to be framed — otherwise the person is left holding a sheet of paper and an errand. If it is going onto a wall that already has something on it, an unframed print is the better call, because then they choose the frame. The framed prints arrive ready to hang.
Which size
US sizes are the ones worth thinking in: 12x16 in is enough for a nursery, and 18x24 in is what holds a wall above a bed or a sofa — our 45x60 cm is the closest to it. As a gift, when you do not know the wall, the middle size is the safe one: large enough to be a gift, small enough to be placed. Full size table in inches and cm and the hanging heights.
Order in good time
Everything is printed to order in Europe, so a few days pass before a parcel ships — see delivery times. Eid falls at the end of Ramadan, and the date moves back about eleven days each year with the lunar calendar. Order while the month is still running, not in its last days.
The designs are drawn for NoorBayt. They are not stock art or mass-produced prints, and they are not sold in any other shop — which is rather the point of giving one.