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Moroccan Geometry: S7 HW Part 2: 12-fold with qandeel, tessellated

   Moroccan Geometry: S7 HW2: 12-fold with jellyfish (Tanashri bl qandeel) (تناشرث بل قنديل 1. Mark the center of the page, draw a circle, and then define first the horizontal and vertical axes.  (Use a compass with a larger radius to mark the crosspoints for the vertical from the 90 degree and 270 degree positions along the circle) 2. With the main axes now defined, and using the original compass, draw two circles centered along the vertical axis that meet in the center of the page. 3. With the same compass, draw circles centered along the horizontal axis that meet the circles from step two without overlapping them. 4. Using the same technique as in step one, define the vertical axes of the circles drawn in step three, and, then draw new circles above and below those circles. You may need to attach strips of paper along the top and bottom of the page.  5. Continue to draw circles, as long as each circle is at least half on the page, and find/draw the horizontal and vertical axes for