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AFGHAN DIALOGS

 

AFGHAN DIALOG, LIVE, LIVE, LIVE …EVIL, 2002/03
50 x 73 inches / 127 x 185 cm
translation: what can helpless people do except “to pray that the almighty give us power and strength to bear these difficulties and take care of us.
Because the whole world is chasing us and you make some arrangement, for my safety.

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AFGHAN DIALOG, LIVE, LIVE, LIVE …EVIL, 2002/03
50 x 73 inches / 127 x 185 cm
translation: What is the difference between human beings and animals for you? You spend more on dogs and cats than here on human beings.
This game is just for a while. It is not forever. This is going to be over now very soon. Just wait, compare what we lose for what. You lose everything. we lose nothing because we have nothing.
(shonw in the museum of Trento, ital)
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AFGHAN DIALOG, LIVE, LIVE, LIVE …EVIL, 2002/03
50 x 73 inches / 127 x 185 cm
translation: How cheap is the blood of human beings and ugly is this game of blood and tears.
Dear friends this is universally admitted fact that this war is for oil, which is much more expensive than human blood.

AFGHAN DIALOG, LIVE, LIVE, LIVE …EVIL, 2002/03
50 x 73 inches / 127 x 185 cm
translation: Bad and good time is the order of the day. Always there is a dawn after a dark night, or there is a drought today and then there is a glood next day. Fall and spring is the game fo the nature.

 

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Afghan Dialog: America Strikes Back, If America is hurting others ....

silk embroidery, 64 x 82 cm (32 x 25 inches), 2002

Pashtun text - translation (as I was told) : "If America is hurting others, it should first find out how much of this pain it can take itself"

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Afghan Dialog, Latest Developments , 2002
Translation: For self and others alike Islam teaches peace.
22 x 30 (30 x 40) inches

 

Afghan Dialog: Next Target?
G8 members should make their decisions wisely.
26.5 x 30.5 (32 x 40) inches

 

 

Afghan Dialog: America strikes back

(Pashto) America should shoulder its responsibility.
23 x 31 (29 x 39) inches

 

 

 

Afghan Dialog: Logos

, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm)

 

logos, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

Afghan Dialog, logos (detail), 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm)

 

Afghan Dialog: titles, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

Afghan Dialog: titles, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

titles, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

titles, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

titles, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

titles, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

 

Afghan Dialog: running texts

, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm)

running texts, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

running texts, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

running texts, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

running texts, 32x72 inches ungef. (83 cm x 160 cm) - detail

 

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