101 Objects from the Lands of Islam- How to Count, Cook, Calligraph and More, From Morocco to Indonesia, #101

TO THE END

-THE ARABIC NUMERAL 1··1, OUR 1001, THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED NUMBER OF THE MIDDLE EAST- JUST ASK SCHEHERAZADE ….EACH NUMERAL CONSISTING OF TWO DIGITS OF WAHID (ONE), A SINGLE VERTICLE STROKE LIKE ALIF, AND TWO DIGITS OF SIFR (ZERO), A DOT ON THE LINE’S MIDDLE REGISTER, NOT A CIRCLE DRAWN TO THE TOP (AS IN THE WESTERN ZERO- INSTEAD THAT IS AN ARABIC NUMERAL 5!), AND NOT A POINT ON THE LINE’S BOTTOM REGISTER (THAT IS A PERIOD, BOTH IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH SIGNIFYING THE END).