ABBAS KUAISH
TIGER OF BABYLON
DISCOVERING THE TREASURE OF IRAQI
CULTURE WITH PROF. DR. ABBAS A. KUAISH
Legendary Babylon. Beauty and power. History and glory. A story from past to the present. Archeological treasures speaking about one of the most fascinating journeys called Mesopotamia.
Palm trees and warriors, reality or fiction the spectacular and mythical legend of the magical Babylon's Gardens symbol of King Nabuchodonosor's love for his enchanting Queen Semiramis.
War, peace, arts, culture, a brilliant, vibrant past sparkling in each stone along the endless rivers, Tigris and Euphrates.
Today, a new time of revival, courage and reconsideration of a new path, historical, social, economical and ofcourse more than anything else cultural.
Iraq is ready to re - open its portals to the world, to redefine his modern history, remembering the old past with a great love for the ancient traditions, folklore, heritage, the ancient glory of a nation with huge cultural echo worldwide.
The modern Iraq of nowadays have the strong will to develop a large cultural exchange and
cooperation with all countries, especially with Europe, in order to promote and provide rich information about the meaning of the real iraqi lifestyle, intellectuality, historical and social background, speaking about the marvelous possibilities to be achieved by building a real strong cross cultural friendship bridge and cultural dialog.
Our conversation partner the renowned iraqi University Professor Dr. Abbas A. Kuaish, artist, journalist, writer, director of Iraqi Bookstore of Printing and Publishin House tells us proudly that he considers as his personal mission the improvement of the cultural dialog between his land Iraq and the rest of the world.
Appointed over the years in different positions in the cultural field, responsible for different research centres and Universities in Baghdad, Dr. Abbas explained us that there is no future without the past and he considers himself blessed for having all chances and possibilities to rediscover and preserve the ancient historical documents, reediting and reprinting numerous books, journals, art catalogs for students, artists, art lovers, collectors and collectionars.
Dr. Abbas A. Kuaish is a marvelous story teller and a great artist with more than 20 solo exhibitions permanently organizing different events, supporting especially the young generation of artists to express and explore their talents, skills and artistic abilities.
He says that nothing is more important than recognizing the cultural identity.
The heritage is the basis of the modern development. The folklore must be influential and inspirational, a motivation and a motivator for the modern arts.
Dr. Abbas A. Kuaish is currently working on a large publishing project about the new Iraqi arts and culture movement with the great hope and strong wish to provide the most beautiful Iraqi artworks and other symbols of the Iraqi culture from the classical to the modern times, giving a larger vision to the European public about the huge and magnificent
treasure of Iraq.
Asking Dr. Abbas how would he describe Iraq in one word, he says : Tiger! Why? Because the tiger is one of the most beautiful creations of the nature, intelligent, courageous, brave,
passionate and so much proud! Let's rediscover Iraq like the Tiger of Babylon.
Monica Mergiu
ROYAL ARTS VISIONS ; ABBAS KUAISH