About the Book
Chapters: Haydar Hatemi, Mana Neyestani, Ardeshir Mohasses, Kaveh Golestan, Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Hossein Amanat, Bahman Jalali, Shirazeh Houshiary, Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Marcos Grigorian, Kamal-Ol-Molk, Manoucher Yektai, Iran Darroudi, Morteza Momayez, Massoud Arabshahi, Farshid Mesghali, Mir Emad Hassani, Hossein Zenderoudi, Farideh Lashai, Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Mitra Tabrizian, Ghobad Shiva, Nader Davoodi, Mir Ali Tabrizi, Fariborz Sahba, Farrukh Beg, Manny Mashouf, Behjat Sadr, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Bahman Panahi, Younes Shokrkhah, Nikol Faridani, Ali Adjalli, Jazeh Tabatabai, Varoujan Hakhbandian, Farhad Moshiri, Yadollah Kaboli Khansari, Sadegh Tirafkan, Homayoun Salimi, Alan Sakhavarz, Kami Asgar, Siah Armajani, Bita Fayyazi, Kamran Diba, Touka Neyestani, Farsheed Ashouri, Javad Hamidi, Hossein Behzad, Mohammad Ali Taraghijah, Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi, Andre Godard, Alijan Alijanpour, Ebrahim Ghanbari Mehr, Seyyed Jafar Kashfi, Nima Behnoud, Omar Tiberiades, Ali Salehi, Alireza Sadaghdar, Maryam Zandi, Jalil Rasouli, Parisa Damandan, Behzad Yahaghi, Khan Baba Motazedi, Mir Ali of Persia, Gholam Hossein Amirkhani, Zhaleh Kazemi. Excerpt: Alan Sakhavarz Alan Sakhavarz is an Iranian caricaturist and cartoonist . Before he left Iran for Canada after the revolution, he had a long career with Iran s most popular daily newspapers and periodicals. Since moving to Canada, he has been more involved in painting and sculpting. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Ali Adjalli is the founder of the "Gol Gasht" school of calligraphy , characterised by a dense and interlocking play of the Arabic script , a distinctive style now regularly seen amongst numerous Arab and Iranian calligraphers. Life Ali Adjalli was born in Mianeh, Iran , on February 8, 1939. He complet...