Telling tall tales...Ta athas
orm
A sharp tongue makes
cutting remarks, while a forked tongue digs the dirt....
Introducing Dr.Hasan Ali Ismail , a
cartoonist from Syria whose recent work in these two
incidences corresponds in an uncanny way with two
quotations:
Of course, it is tempting to close one's
eyes to history, and instead to speculate about the roots
of war in some possible animal instinct.... But war,
organised war, is not a human instinct. It is a
highly planned and co-operative form of theft.Jacob
Bronowski (Polish-born Eng. scientist, 1908-74): The
Ascent of Man [1978]
Dr. Hasan Ali Ismail©2002
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See that little stream we could walk to it in two
minutes. It took the British a month to walk to it
a whole empire walking very slowly, dying in front and
pushing forward behind. And another empire walked
very slowly backward a few inches a day, leaving the dead
like a million bloody rugs. F.
Scott Fitzgerald (Am. novelist, 1896-1940): describing
the 1916 battlefield of the Somme, where tanks were used
for the first time, Tender Is the Night [1934]
Dr.Hasan Ali Ismail©2002. Syria .
Dr. Ismail has published some caricatures in:
AL WOHDA journal ( a local daily issued in Lattakia
; Syria )
TESHREEN journal ( a political daily issued in
Damascus ; Syria)
ADDOMARI journal ( a critical weekly issued in
Damascus ; Syria )
VOUZNI journal ( a critical weekly issued in
Armenia republic )
He participated in the international competition in
Tehran , Jan. 2001. The theme was "A dialogue
among civilizations "; his work was a
Selected work, andhe received an appreciation plate
and award by the Board of Judges.
You are invited to visit his site:www.caricature-hasan.com
hasan@caricature-hasan.com
From the indefatigable Raja Mattar:
KENNY AND ENRON............
A city boy,
Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an
old
farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver
the donkey the next
day. The next day the farmer drove up and
said, "Sorry son, but I have
some bad news, the donkey died."
Kenny replied, "Well then, just give me my money
back."
The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it
already."
Kenny said, "OK then, at least give me the
donkey."
The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?"
Kenny, "I'm going to raffle him off."
Farmer, " You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Kenny, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell
anybody he is dead."
A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and
asked, "What happened with that dead
donkey?"
Kenny, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two
dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00."
Farmer, "Didn't anyone complain?"
Kenny, " Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two
dollars back."
Kenny grew up and
eventually became the chairman of Enron.
from Raja Mattar
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