The Governments of Tajikistan and Afghanistan and the Aga Khan Development Network Inaugurate the Vanj Bridge, Enhancing Cross-Border and Regional Cooperation

Khumrogi, Vanj District, Tajikistan, 16 August 2011 - The Vanj Bridge, the fourth in a series of bridges funded by the Aga Khan Development Network, was inaugurated today by Tajikistan’s President H.E. Emomali Rahmon. The bridge connects Tajikistan’s Vanj District with Mohi-May Vulusvoli in Afghanistan and is expected to enhance cross-border humanitarian assistance delivery, infrastructure development, socio-economic exchange, tourism and trade between the two countries.

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Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe

Speech by Mawlana Hazar Imam
At the Opening Ceremony of
The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe
Monday, 12 October 2009

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency President Rahmon,
Your Worship the Mayor of Dushanbe,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
It is a great honour for me to welcome you to this inauguration ceremony. I am deeply pleased to greet President Rahmon, who was here when together we laid the Foundation Stone for this building five years ago, and who has long been a steadfast supporter of the Centre project. The same thing is true of the Civic Authorities of Dushanbe, and we are also honoured to welcome His Worship, Mayor Ubaidullaev.
It is also a distinct pleasure to look out upon this audience and to greet so many other leaders, from so many walks of society. Your very presence here invests this occasion with special meaning, for you truly represent the broad diversity of this country — and your participation attests to the importance of pluralism in Tajik life.
We have looked forward to this event for a long time. And now that this day of dedication has come, let me also extend our warmest gratitude to everyone whose contributions have made this vision a reality. We salute those who have donated their time and talent and material resources to this project, including those who designed, constructed and decorated this building and its surroundings. You have created a remarkable building that will enhance the cityscape of Dushanbe, just as it reflects and re-interprets the materials and colours and inspiring landscapes of other iconic buildings of the larger region.
The Tajik Ismaili community has roots in this region that extend back more than a thousand years, as long ago as the second century of Islam. The community holds a recognised and admired position in the history of human endeavour here, contributing some of the greatest names in the fields of theology, philosophy, poetry and the sciences. This new Centre will be a place for looking back on that rich and powerful history in grateful and solemn remembrance. It will be a place, as well, for peaceful contemplation of the spirit, and of the world, as we live our lives in the present moment. And it will be a place to think about the future and how this profound heritage can shape and inform tomorrow’s world. This Centre aspires to give physical form and spiritual space for pursuing all of these objectives.
As we look around us today, we are reminded of other times down through history when a variety of cultures and traditions have come together happily in this land. It is inspiring to remember how enriching encounters of ideas and viewpoints have so often prevailed against opposing forces of ignorance and prejudice. The remarkable flowering of human talent here has owed much to the pluralism of Tajik society. I am proud, in noting just one reflection of that tradition, that this Centre is located in a neighbourhood that celebrates the great names of Ismoili Somoni and Rudaki.
The continuing pluralism of human endeavour will be manifested in the life of this Centre. It will be reflected in an array of exciting activities, serving people of many different backgrounds. The Centre will have a space for congregational gathering, just like the array of Ismaili Centres in major cities across the world, both those which are now being developed and those that already exist, from London to Vancouver and Lisbon to Dubai. In addition, we hope and trust that people of all faiths and background will gather here for educational and cultural events — for seminars, lectures, recitals and exhibitions. We will seek to demonstrate that spiritual insight and worldly knowledge are not separate or opposing realms, but that they must always nourish one another, and that the world of faith and the material world are the dual responsibilities of humankind.
In recent years, the people and the leaders of this region have been called upon to manage a sometimes turbulent transition, from a time of seeming certainties to a still unfolding era of open horizons and changing opportunities. The Holy Qur’an calls upon Muslims to compete in good works, and just as the Ismailis have done for centuries in this lovely land, we will uphold that responsibility in service to the Tajikistan of today and tomorrow.
One of the beauties of ceremonies like this one is that they link us to people in other places — and to people of other ages. I remember, to mention just one example, how the 1000th anniversary of the birth of Syedna Nasir-i-Khusraw coincided with our foundation stone ceremony five years ago. It is a tribute to Tajik culture that the legacy of such figures, even from the distant past, is held in such high esteem, promoting a strong sense of history and a strong spirit of social harmony.
This ethic of connectivity with others has deep spiritual roots — in Islam as for other faiths. It stems ultimately from humankind’s sense of humility in the presence of the Divine. In this light, human diversity itself is seen as a gift of Allah, cultural differences are embraced as a blessing, and different interpretations of faith are seen as a mercy, one that nourishes the Ummah’s vast identity, and its constructive interface with society at large.
In this spirit, it is our prayer that the Centre will always radiate an inviting mood of friendship to one and all, proclaiming Islam’s message of one humanity, and joining its voice with so many other voices in this city and this country in affirming our shared responsibility for advancing the common good.
Thank you.

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Mawlana Hazar Imam opens “a park for all seasons” in the Khorog city centre

Khorog, Tajikistan, 10 October 2009 — A newly revitalised Khorog City Park was inaugurated today by First Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Gulomov of the Republic of Tajikistan, in the presence of Mawlana Hazar Imam. The Park is a significant new green space that will serve the residents of the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region in Tajikistan.
Situated at the centre of Khorog, the Park is located in a bend of the Gunt River, and includes a river promenade, a pond, a children's play area, a restaurant and teahouse, and an open-air theatre.
“Access to green spaces is clearly an important value for the residents of Khorog,” observed Mawlana Hazar Imam. He envisioned the Park as a place in which families would come together and spend quality time. It is to be “a place of continuity — playing an intimate role from the earliest weeks of a child’s life until that child grows to become a grown-up with his or her own family.”

It is also “a park for all seasons,” he said, with “music and dance and other cultural events” in the open-air theatre, “swimming in the summer” and “skating in the winter.” It will transform itself “to capture the particular beauty of each particular time of the year.”
The land on which the Park is built was gifted to Mawlana Hazar Imam at the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his Imamat. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture consulted extensively with the people of Khorog to ensure its design would meet the local population’s needs and reflect its aspirations. Construction and rehabilitation began in 2005 and was completed earlier this year.
“The development of Khorog City Park has been a cooperative response in many respects,” said Mawlana Hazar Imam. He added that it is “one of the earliest symbols of the processes of change for which I hope and pray in this region.” He described its inauguration is a prelude to further cooperative development projects between the Ismaili Imamat and authorities in Khorog and the wider region, citing progress in the Khorog campus of the University of Central Asia and the possibility of enhancing the capacity of the Khorog airport.

The ceremony was also attended by the Governor of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Qodir Qosim, and the Governor of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, Alhaj Bazmuhammad Ahmadi. Princess Zahra, Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya, who accompanied Hazar Imam to Khorog were also present.
While in Khorog, Mawlana Hazar Imam also met with the Governor of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast. Hazar Imam’s visit to Khorog is part of a three-day visit to Tajikistan, during which he is also expected to preside over the inauguration of the Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe, and meet with senior government officials.


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An Urban Park Is Inaugurated in Khorog, Tajikistan

• His Highness the Aga Khan, the First Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Gulomov, and the Governor of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Qodiri Qosim, inaugurate park in Gorno-Badakhshan
• Park as catalyst for development in Tajikistan
• New green space as part of Aga Khan Development Network activities in region

Khorog, Tajikistan, 10 October 2009 – Tajik Government dignitaries and officials from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today inaugurated a US$ 4 million urban park in Khorog, the main city of Tajikistan’s mountainous Gorno-Badakshan Automomous Oblast (GBAO), which is situated on the border with Afghanistan.

The park was officially opened by Tajikistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Gulomov in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan, the Spiritual Leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.

“The Park is not only a place of beauty to be enjoyed by many generations of future citizens and visitors to Khorog,” said the Aga Khan, “it is also one of the earliest symbols of the processes of change for which I hope and pray in this region.”

The Aga Khan emphasized that the park was part of a broader effort to bring positive change to one of the most remote areas of Tajikistan. He noted that the city of Khorog will also host one of the three Campuses of the regional University of Central Asia, which will also have campus sites in the mountainous areas of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

The revitalization of Khorog Park, the main municipal green space in this community, was undertaken over the last five years by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), in collaboration with the Governorate of GBAO.

The first phase of Park construction was completed in 2007. The project has created 65 jobs and employed an additional 120 people during the five years of construction. Forty people were trained in stone masonry during this period. Local sourcing of construction materials has also had a significant impact on the local economy.

The work on three of the Park’s main features -- the pond, the restaurant and the teahouse -- was completed at the end of 2008, while the open-air theatre was completed in 2009. The 4.2 hectare (10.4 acre) Park is now fully operational.

The process began in June of 2004, when AKTC began consultations with the local population of Khorog with the aim of assessing what the community wanted in terms of core functions and essential features of an upgraded park. A programme of levelling works, topsoil enhancement, fertilising and irrigation followed. Lawns were sown and appropriate plants and flowers, raised in the on-site nursery and at Gelondi, were planted. Restored stone channels are used for irrigation in the summer, while underground systems take over in winter.

The use of stone is a feature of the Park, particularly in the extensive rehabilitation and extension of pathways, often paved in striking herringbone patterns. The path of the main spine of the Park, panoramic pathway and the riverside promenade, the wall of the ponds, fountains, stairways and features in the garden chambers are also built using stone, often involving exquisite detailing.

As with other projects – in Afghanistan, Mali and Zanzibar, for example – AKTC’s park restoration was integrated into the continuum of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) activities in the region. These include the Mountain Societies Development Programme (MSDSP), which currently implements rural development projects in 17 districts in three regions of Tajikistan – GBAO, Rasht valley, and Khatlon, reaching more than 730,000 people. Since 1997, it has mobilised over 1000 village organizations and overseen the construction or rehabilitation of more than 400 water and sanitation projects, 850 irrigation projects, 270 road and bridge projects, 280 health facilities, 150 schools and 25 mini-hydels. It is largely responsible for raising food security in the region from 15 percent in 1993 to over 70 percent today. Economic development projects include a hydroelectric plant (Pamir 1) that supplies the province with electricity; a mobile phone provider that cover 90 percent of the country; and a hotel being built in Dushanbe. The largest project underway is the creation of a campus of the University of Central Asia, in Khorog, which will have a broad socio-economic impact on the entire region and beyond.

AKTC’s Historic Cities Programme, the unit which undertook the Park revitalization, was established in 1992 to undertake the conservation of historic structures, the improvement of public spaces and the rehabilitation of urban areas in ways that spark social, economic and cultural development within communities where Muslims have a significant presence. The Programme goes beyond mere restoration of monuments to engage in the adaptive re-use of the sites, contextual urban planning and the improvement of housing, infrastructure and public spaces, and socio-economic development initiatives directed at upgrading local living conditions. Local potential and resources are mobilized to ensure the project’s eventual self-sustainability in their operational income, human resources and institutional management capabilities. Throughout the Programme, investments in single projects are coordinated with other AKDN Programmes.

For more information about AKDN activities in Tajikistan, please see:

http://www.akdn.org/tajikistan_overview.asp

For more information:

Semin Abdulla
Department of Communications
Secretariat of His Highness the Aga Khan
Aiglemont
60270 Gouvieux, France
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Agreements Reduce Natural Disaster Risk in Tajikistan

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 9 April 2009 - Every year communities in the mountainous regions of Tajikistan are subject to natural hazards such as landslides and debris flows. In an effort to reduce the resulting risk run by those communities, the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Tajikistan and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) signed an agreement to hydro-insulate a water channel in the district of Roshtqala and rehabilitate a debris flow channel in the district of Ishkashim.

The Embassy of Japan in the Tajikistan Signs Agreement with FOCUS to Reduce the Risk of Natural Hazards in Tajikistan

FOCUS will implement these activities in partnership with the Government of Tajikistan and the communities in these districts. The agreement is signed under the auspices of the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-root Human Security Projects and is a continuation of the long-standing partnership between the Government of Japan and FOCUS to reduce the risk of communities in Tajikistan to natural hazards.

Since 2001, FOCUS, with the support of the Government of Japan, has implemented a variety of disaster risk reduction projects in the Republic of Tajikistan.

DFID, SDC and FOCUS Sign Agreement to Reduce the Risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods on Tajik Communities

With a view to reducing the vulnerability of communities to the risks associated with glacial lake outburst floods in Tajikistan, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) have signed an agreement to implement the Remote Geo-Hazards Capacity Building and Monitoring Project. The project (US $ 1.47 Million) will be implemented by FOCUS in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence, the Hydro-Meteorology Agency and the Head Agency of Geology.

This initiative, supported by the Aga Khan Development Network, is jointly-funded by DFID, SDC, and FOCUS. The project seeks to reduce the risk of communities to glacial lake outburst floods in Tajikistan as well as build the capacity of communities and institutions in Tajikistan to assess and monitor these risks

The initiative includes conducting glacial lake risk assessments in the Zarafshan Valley, the Jirgital District and the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan. Implementation of community-based risk reduction activities in GBAO and institutional capacity building activities in Dushanbe are also part of the project. The total number of beneficiaries will be close to 200,000.

With a view to reducing the vulnerability of communities to the risks associated with glacial lake outburst floods in Tajikistan, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) have signed an agreement to implement the Remote Geo-Hazards Capacity Building and Monitoring Project. The project (US $ 1.47 Million) will be implemented by FOCUS in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence, the Hydro-Meteorology Agency and the Head Agency of Geology.

This initiative, supported by the Aga Khan Development Network, is jointly-funded by DFID, SDC, and FOCUS. The project seeks to reduce the risk of communities to glacial lake outburst floods in Tajikistan as well as build the capacity of communities and institutions in Tajikistan to assess and monitor these risks.

The initiative includes conducting glacial lake risk assessments in the Zarafshan Valley, the Jirgital District and the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan. Implementation of community-based risk reduction activities in GBAO and institutional capacity building activities in Dushanbe are also part of the project. The total number of beneficiaries will be close to 200,000.

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Civic participation and institutional expertise assist villages in Tajikistan to prepare for natural disaster

A FOCUS Community Mobiliser meets with community members in the Roshqala district in 2004, to discuss the results of a hazard and vulnerability assessment. Photo: Courtesy of FOCUS
“I know that my family and I are living in one of the most hazardous villages in the Bartang valley — mudflows occur here very often,” says 20-year-old Shabnam. She lives in the village of Shudjand, located at the entrance of the Bartang Valley in Rushan district, within Tajikistan’s mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan province.
Thousands of families living in Tajikistan experience earthquakes and other hazards throughout the year that impact their lives and livelihoods. Avalanches, mudslides and flooding frequently cut off transport links and disrupt communication lines, leaving communities stranded and unable to access emergency assistance.

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Speech by Mawlana Hazar ImamAt the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony ofThe Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, KhorogMonday

, 3 November 2008

Bismillahir Rahamanir Rahim
Your Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov,Your Excellency Governor Qodiri Qosim,Your Excellency Governor Munshi Abdul Majeed,Distinguished guests, ladies and gentleman
I would like to begin these comments this morning by welcoming you to this most happy occasion, this historic event, to celebrate the laying of the Foundation Stone of this first Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre in Tajik-Badakhshan.
I would like to say how deeply happy I am, that this Foundation Stone ceremony will occur during the 50th year of my Imamat. I can think of few events in this year which will have given me the happiness which this one today will bring me and inshallah all the people who will participate in this event.
At the beginning of these comments, it is appropriate to situate here, one of the functions of the Ismaili Centre in the tradition of Muslim piety. For many centuries, a prominent feature of the Muslim religious landscape has been the variety of spaces of gathering co-existing harmoniously with the masjid, which in itself has accommodated a range of diverse institutional spaces for educational, social and reflective purposes.
Historically serving communities of different interpretations and spiritual affiliations, these spaces have retained their cultural nomenclatures and characteristics, from ribat and zawiyya to khanaqa and jamatkhana.
The congregational space incorporated within the Ismaili Centre belongs to the historic category of jamatkhana, an institutional category that also serves a number of sister Sunni and Shia communities, in their respective contexts, in many parts of the world. Here, the Jamatkhana will be reserved for traditions and practices specific to the Shia Ismaili tariqah of Islam. The Centre on the other hand, will be a symbol of confluence between the spiritual and the secular in Islam.
I would like today to situate what the Centre and the Jamatkhana aspires to be in the town of Khorog. It is my hope that the town of Khorog will become the Jewel of the Pamir. The gem cutter, the person who prepares the jewel, cuts it and cuts it and polishes it and cuts it and polishes it until he has fashioned the gem stone in to a stone of absolute purity with no clouding, absolute purity. And the gem cutter has to do his work very carefully with a lot of time, because if he makes a mistake, he can not bring back the part of the stone that he cut away by mistake. And this is what I hope, with the President of the Republic, His Excellency the Governor, we will be able to do over the years ahead, to improve the town of Khorog, to make it the Jewel of the Pamir.
And we will seek to improve, all of us together, the quality of the environment in which we live, bringing clean water to everywhere where the people live, bringing energy to all the places where people live, improving the schools and health facilities, improving and restoring our historic buildings which are representations today of our cultural history, and thanks to the Governor Niyozmamadov and his gift of land, we today have a new park in Khorog, inshallah we will build the University of Central Asia, we will build this Centre, and while working together, step by step, we will make Khorog the Jewel of the Pamir.
And I want to thank again His Excellency the President, the Deputy Prime Minister, His Excellency the Governor, the Governor of Afghan-Badakshan who has done us the honour of being here today, I want to thank everyone who has made this event possible today. But more than that, who is making new things happen in partnership and in friendship. Like the University of Central Asia, which is a very complex exercise, but inshallah, we will do it properly.
And every time I come back to Khorog, I will ask myself: Are we moving towards making Khorog the Jewel of the Pamir?
Thank you.

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Aga Khan Development Network in Tajikistan

Operating in Tajikistan since 1992, the AKDN works towards a vision of an economically dynamic, politically stable, intellectually vibrant, and culturally tolerant Tajikistan. The AKDN is present in all regions of the country and employs approximately 3,000 people through its operations and investments. For more information on AKDN activities in Tajikistan, click here.
The Ismaili Centre Dushanbe, expected to be completed in 2009, will seek to be a place for "contemplation, upliftment, and the search for spiritual enlightenment."

The Tem Bridge, opened in 2002, is one of four cross-border bridges connecting Afghanistan and Tajikistan constructed by the AKDN to improve linkages in the region.

Expected to be completed by the end of 2009, the Dushanbe Serena Hotel will create opportunities for economic development in Tajikistan.

The University of Central Asia campus in Khorog will offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programmes at an internationally recognized standard.
Ismaili Heritage
According to an article published by the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS), the Tajik Ismailis constitute one of the largest and historically oldest concentrations of Ismaili communities in the world. The history of Islam in Central Asia has extended from the eighth century to the current post-soviet era. Contemporary Tajik Ismailis have participated not only in the change of the broader processes of politics and culture, but in the restoration of stability in conjunction with the work of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
Some further background on the history of the Tajik Ismailis can be found in this article by the IIS entitled the "Evolution of the Shi‘a Ismaili Tradition in Central Asia".
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Music and Poetry from the Pamir Mountains

Badakhshan is the name of the mountainous Pamir region in the east of Tajikistan, bordering on China, Afghan-Badakhshan and the Kyrgyz Republic. The Pamiris, as the people of this area are referred to, are divided into different ethnic groups according to their origin and language. The musical traditions of Badakshan have been influenced by the surrounding Muslim cultural context, but the inaccessibility of the Pamir Mountains has been an important factor in the development and preservation of some of the unique musical practices of Badakhshan, such as animal-imitation dances and varieties of songs. Since Badakhshan has been a point of cultural exchange between the East and the West for centuries, various influences can be discerned. For instance, similarities between certain instruments reflect a cross-mountain relationship between the Pamirs and the Himalayas, while tonal traces in Kyrgyz tunes of the Eastern province of Badakhshan suggest influences from China.
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Music is still passed down from generation to generation, thus continuing the rich oral tradition of the area. In addition to this, Central Asian music enjoys a rich history in archaeological finds and writings. Sculptures and wall paintings found in Badakhshan, dating from the first decades BCE, show angular harps, flutes, drums of different shapes, and lute-like instruments. Attempts are being made to preserve this cultural heritage. For example, in Khorog, the capital of Tajik-Badakhshan, there is a museum with a splendid collection of musical instruments and in Yamgan, located in Afghan Badakhshan, a local museum is being built with the help of the villagers, which will house manuscripts, carpets and other cultural objects of the Pamiris.
Most village musicians are trained and experienced, but not professional players insofar as music is not their main occupation. There are, however, a few professional musicians, like the sitar-player Mamadato Tavalloev, who make a living through their performances.
Small ensembles of various instruments perform at public festivals, domestic events like birth and circumcisions, and also while grazing the herds. Russian cultural influence during the Soviet era led to the formation of larger ensembles in the cities, bringing together traditional and Western instruments.
Notes
1) For a detailed study of the folk music and poetry of the Ismailis in Tajik Badakhshan, see Gabrielle Rachel van den Berg, Minstrel Poetry from the Pamir Mountains: A Study of the Songs and Poems of the Ismailis of Tajik Badakhshan, PhD thesis, State University of Leiden, 1997.
2) This gallery is based on the work of Jan van Belle, Gabrielle van den Berg and Jos Janssen. The Institute would like to thank them for collecting the material, providing translations and compiling the samples and information for our use.

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Dushanbe marks Navroz with art exhibition and performances

A family illustrates a traditional Tajik Navroz meal according to the “haft-shin” and “haft-sin” traditions. Photo: Mikhail Romanyuk
On 30 March 2008, the Aga Khan Development Network hosted a Navroz reception in Dushanbe, Tajikistan with over 600 attendees including Jamati members and invited government and diplomatic guests.
The event featured an exhibition of children’s artwork on the theme of Navroz. The art pieces were created by children at specially organized master-class workshops led by eminent Tajik artists. Bonu Saidova, a 9-year old participant in the exhibition, remarked “I liked the art classes and especially the artist, who has shared with us his personal secrets about art, and I am very happy that on this Navroz my painting was shown at such a big exhibition.”

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