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Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:34 -0400

purplefigtree: Najaf, Iraq.

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:58:20 -0400

purplefigtree:

Najaf, Iraq.

Pakistani artist, Mohammad Ali BhattiAcrylic on canvas40”...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:46:58 -0400

Pakistani artist, Mohammad Ali Bhatti
Acrylic on canvas
40” x 30”

biscodeja-vu: Moroccan Calligraphy / 19th century

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:44:29 -0400

biscodeja-vu:

Moroccan Calligraphy / 19th century

"Eyes that do not cry, do not see."

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:43:29 -0400

“Eyes that do not cry, do not see.”

- Swedish Proverb (via zuleikha)

Pakistani artist, Mohammad Ali BhattiAcrylic on canvas40”...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:33:59 -0400

Pakistani artist, Mohammad Ali Bhatti
Acrylic on canvas
40” x 30”

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Tue, 21 May 2013 05:19:16 -0400

Pakistani artist, Mohammad Ali BhattiAcrylic on canvas36”...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:37:11 -0400

Pakistani artist, Mohammad Ali Bhatti
Acrylic on canvas
36” x 36”

katemckee: A Sino-Arabic calligraphic panel by Yusuf Chen...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:26:06 -0400

katemckee:

A Sino-Arabic calligraphic panel by Yusuf Chen Jinhui, date unknown. This panel features the Arabic text al-hamdu li’-illah (praise be to God) in Sino-Arabic brushpaint (zhong-kai style), with the Chinese translation and the artists’ name and seal on the left.

Pakistani artist, Momin KhanOil on canvas42” x 54”

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:17:32 -0400

Pakistani artist, Momin Khan
Oil on canvas
42” x 54”

Pakistani artist, Moazzam AliMixed media on canvas18” x...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:15:07 -0400

Pakistani artist, Moazzam Ali
Mixed media on canvas
18” x 18”

Pakistani artist, Mehtab AliOil on canvas30” x 24”

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:21 -0400

Pakistani artist, Mehtab Ali
Oil on canvas
30” x 24”

naasirheydari: “The beautiful chases away the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:53 -0400

naasirheydari:

“The beautiful chases away the ugly.” 11:114

"‎The white people, who are trying to make us over into their image, they want us to be what they..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:21 -0400

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‎The white people, who are trying to make us over into their image, they want us to be what they call “assimilated,” bringing the Indians into the mainstream and destroying our own way of life and our own cultural patterns. They believe we should be contented like those whose concept of happiness is materialistic and greedy, which is very different from our way.

We want freedom from the white man rather than to be intergrated. We don’t want any part of the establishment, we want to be free to raise our children in our religion, in our ways, to be able to hunt and fish and live in peace. We don’t want power, we don’t want to be congressmen, or bankers….we want to be ourselves. We want to have our heritage, because we are the owners of this land and because we belong here.

The white man says, there is freedom and justice for all. We have had “freedom and justice,” and that is why we have been almost exterminated. We shall not forget this.

”

- From the 1927 Grand Council of American Indians (via naasirheydari)

Pakistani artist, Mansur AyeSketch21” x 15”

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:52:34 -0400

Pakistani artist, Mansur Aye
Sketch
21” x 15”

Pakistani artist, Hajra MansurWatercolor on paper27” x...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:46:02 -0400

Pakistani artist, Hajra Mansur
Watercolor on paper
27” x 20”

Pakistani painter, Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:05 -0400

Pakistani painter, Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi

"Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:16:54 -0400

“Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

- African Proverb (via madametoutnoire)

naasirheydari: Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) | from “Death Before...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:09 -0400

naasirheydari:

Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) | from “Death Before Dying” translated by Jamal Elias

“A composition from the 18th or 19th century India and now...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:40 -0400

“A composition from the 18th or 19th century India and now in a Riyadh collection, heavily stylized Kufic lettering is formed into a shape like a Mihrab or prayer niche. The four central panels contain part of Sura Al-Qalam (The Pen) of the Qur’an.”

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