Name:   phil - Subject:   Buteye and the Evidence Date:   10/17/2016 3:35:09 PM

From your snopes link

We shared the above picture with a small survey of six different persons with fluency in written Arabic, and all of them said the pattern displayed on the ring appeared to be an abstract one with no discernible meaning in Arabic. 

is it a pattern or is it Arabic?

http://www.dcclothesline.com/2015/10/22/another-obama-mystery-he-wore-a-wedding-ring-as-a-single-man/

But what is odd is that Obama had worn a ring on his wedding ring finger long before he married Mooch in 1992, since at least his days as a student at Occidental College, CA (1979-81).