new finding in one of his paintings

Biography
Reza is a writer who puts his vision on the surface of the canvas. At first he learned classic styles and use of oil color medium. As he grow he tried and experienced other medias like water color and acrylic. Now he is usually uses acrylic medium and his style is mostly abstract.

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Six months after her aunt Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, Fatima Bhutto is fighting to reveal the truth surrounding the murder of her father in 1996 — and making some very dangerous enemies
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The book takes you by hand to the power, symbolism and beauty of the blade, technically described in all its parts, to the mysterious wind of the great Hindu gods blowing on the hilts, to the sacred word of Islam, to the floral influence of China and, above all, to the magnificent work and skill of the Indonesian and Malay smiths who created this unique enspirited weapon, the Kris, the invincible dagger of the Archipelago.
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Save Iranian Studies in Italy !
decree has been passed by the
Italian Council of Ministers to shut down the famous Istituto Italiano per
l’Africa e l’Oriente (IsIAO).
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I ask to be put in contact with artists in Afghanistan, who are able to track, and to disseminate a voice that I am sure the artists who live there receive, and see if I can get photographic documents, e-mail on what they are producing, so I could select the works more interesting and promote them and of course the artists.
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It is so sad my dear comrades that
The darkness of human deceit
Has damaged the beauty of trust


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The items were ancient artifacts, tablets and clays loaned to the University of Chicago, in 1934, for study and exploration of new and old approach to our humanity more than 3,000 years ago. In my petition I reminded Judge Manning that the said artifacts and tablets “constitute[d] the history of Iran and thus belong to the people of Iran. They do not belong to any specific government or administration.”


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MARIN POETRY CENTER: June 2008

www.marinpoetrycenter.org
June Traveling Show Readings
When Where Host Readers

Tue Jun 10, 7:30 pm Northpoint Coffee Company
1250 Bridgeway, Sausalito
(415) 331-0777 Angelika Quirk Mahnaz Badihian, Claire Blotter, Ethel Mays, Judith Yamamoto, Joe Zaccardi
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Twinkles to lighten the darkness of somberness

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Speed Racer live action film Directed by Wachowski Brothers)
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Orphan fawn being looked after..!
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I gathered stones for weeks
large, rounded, flat.
Picked up on walks,
deposited in the foyer
with shoes and coats,
each one was larger than
the last as my resolve
grew and grew.
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Persian is the only language that is currently called by three different names (Farsi, Tajik and Dari) in English.
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Apparently, they're a couple of decades behind the "liberal" West, and not so stuck after all.
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