London, England, June 7--An Iranian artist Farahnaz Iranpour has woven a carpet called 'Dialogue of Civilizations,' according to ISNA.
The carpet, which measures one and a half meters by one meter, is in 40 colors and has 120 knots per inch depicting symbols of war and friendship in the world community.
The precious carpet also features the holy Kaaba, Beit ul-Moqaddas, Medina Mosque, a map of Iran, sacred names of Allah and Imam Ali (AS). The sun is featured at the top of the historical carpet to represent the universe.
Columns of Takht-e Jamshid (Persepolis), Greek architecture, Rome, Egyptian Pyramids, the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, two lions--the symbol of Iranian power--and visage of President Mohammad Khatami, are the other designs woven into the carpet.
The carpet also bears the sentence: "I’ve come from dignified Iran" and the bottom of the carpet features 50 flags of different nations.
There are two circles resembling the Earth--one on which a sword is seen as symbol of war and the number 2001 is seen on the other as symbol of the year of Dialogue of Civilizations.
President Mohammad Khatami proposed to the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in September 2000 to designate the year 2001 as the year of Dialogue of Civilizations to foster peace and friendship among international community.
