Sunday, September 23, 2007

I slept and dreamt that life is beautiful



Adib Fattal

About the Artist

“I slept and dreamt that life is beautiful”


Syrian painter Adib Fattal is a unique kind of optimist, a dreamer who insists on guiding us back to the age of innocence. In his search for beauty, he evokes only pleasant images retained from childhood memories including scenes from Syria, Palestine and Lebanon.

His paintings are ablaze with colors: Cities and villages inhabited by happy colorful people conducting their daily life actively and with great joy. There are fishermen, farmers, people picking oranges, other planting trees and yet others praying. All these scenes and more are depicted with love and an absolute conviction that all is well under the sun.

Adib may not belong to any particular school as his style is a combination of primitive art and fantasy. Some paintings look like miniatures in Persian art, others recall Palestinian embroidery or mosaics in a Mosque or Church.


Boston Palestine Film Fest



Sudans Omar al-Bashir on the Today Show

Some New Links

http://www.qudsway.com/images/archive/23-09-2007_390105837.jpg
http://www.qudsway.com/images/archive/23-09-2007_390105837.jpg

Testimony of Secretary Michael Chertoff before the House Committee on Homeland Security "Protecting Against Dangerous Things"
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/testimony/testimony_1189114519132.shtm

Fusion Centers http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&tab=wn&q=%22fusion+center%22&btnG=Search+News

DHS: Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A)

http://www.google.com/search?q=Office+of+Intelligence+%26+Analysis+%28I%26A%29+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Zionist Watch: The Writings of Patrick Grimm

http://zionistwatch.wordpress.com/

David M. Marchick: Carlyle Group Hires Its First In-House Lobbyist
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801791.html

Private Equity Council
http://news.google.com/news?q=Private+Equity+Council+&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn

Sheldon Adelson, 74. “You offer me money [to make me go away]? This is like a pimp stud waving his penis at a hooker and saying: ‘See this! I am threatening you with this’. As if money is going to threaten me.”
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/leisure/article2412748.ece

Sheldon Adelson. when he would be opening a casino in Israel. He replied that "after 18 years of trying I've given up."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3450661,00.html

Son of Iranian Diplomat Killed in Moscow, Ahmadreza Khorrami, 21, was killed in Moscow Sunday, September 16,
http://www.kommersant.com/p-11397/Iran_diplomat_killed/

U.S. snipers allegedly 'baited' Iraqis http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070924/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_snipers