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	Lamia Jamal Al-Talabany, Baghdad, Iraq and Jordan From Early childhood, I have always had an intense desire to create things visually, starting hundreds of dolls in different media. As I have grown up and nurtured this desire, my work has evolved to a point where I hope to be able to touch the feelings of spectators where ever they are, so that they help and support humanity, a humanity full of compassion and respect for others. In my works I send messages to all women of the world of different races and religion, to work together and fight for a better and safer world for generations to come. www.lamiajamal.com
	Nahla JAJO, violinist, Paris, France Nahla started playing violin when she was 6 years old, became a member of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra and the Baghdad chamber music group. She played with the Jordanian Royal Orchestra for One year, Representing Iraq in the (The Tail of the Three seas Philharmonic Orchestra) based in Istanbul.She was a violin teacher in Music and Ballet School in Baghdad for 4 years, and a violin teacher in France in NGO. Today she works in Paris as an Architect.
	Sundus Abdul, painting, Montreal, Quebec Hadi Sundus Abdul Hadi is an Iraqi-Canadian painter and residing in Montreal. Her work deals with the current political crisis in her homeland, Iraq, drawing from images found in the media and history for dialogue. She is noted for painting politically loaded mammoth size canvases. www.myspace.com/sunduga
	Dhikra Sarsam, painting, Baghdad, Iraq Painting is my way to express what I want to say, the time where I found myself free without any kind of chain and where there is nobody to tell me what to do or what not to do. My paintings are difficult to be understand by others. They reflect my real personality.There is a kind of attraction in my paintings which make others like them but they don't know why. This is a message which I like to pass to others. Is is just like pure beauty which presents the Art for Art method. www.dhikrasarsam.com
	Summer Shapiro, theater, San Francisco, Ca. Summer Shapiro's work looks to breath new life and possibility into those that see it. Since Spring of 2006, when Summer was completing her training at The Clown Conservatory, she began working with Cirque Du Soliel's John Gilkey. Through private sessions with John as well as solo development Summer created a solo performance sparked by childhood stories of make-believe. ...........read more
	NATHERA MAWLA, conceptual art, Los Gatosa, Ca. Nathera is a conceptual artist. The core of her work comes from ideas of ambiguity, identify, sterility and self actualization.
	Ban Kubba, painting, Baghdad, Iraq “…..She could represent most of the visible senses through the faces of her paintings which varied between women, society, and environment. She reminds us of the clear taste of reality without sharing it the analogical depth that might take huge part of the painting’s theme. She formed her own vision by the general receiving of the clever merging between them both, by framing it with the beauty of her colors” Al-Feeniq Magazine www.zugaleria.com/bankubba.htm
	Judith Sandoval, community organizer,photographer, San Francisco Bearing a gift of magic and whimsy from my mother, a gift of war and activism from my father, and a zoom-lens camera, I seek to listen, understand and momentarily capture untold stories. Stories hidden in the walls of urban penumbras, only illuminated by angular shafts of light and scattered faery dust. But these gifts-of-story are returned to the storytellers as a ritual offering, to acknowledge, honor and celebrate their stories of beauty, inner strength, healing, and community.
	Sarbjit Rai, painting, San Francisco Sarbjit lived in London before moving to San Francisco in 2001 and has an appreciation of east/west cultures and the challenges of living away from home. she enjoys painting with acrylics using mixed media on canvas and also has a successful career in healthcare. I believe we are all artists, and would like to use music, painting and poetry to inspire thoughts, feelings and ideas which promote social awareness, and nourish the soul. www.myspace.com/sarbjitrai
	Zainab abdul kariem, plastic artist & designer, Baghdad, Iraq www.zainababdulkariem.com