Regarding: Quest for a Palestinian museum 6-30-2007 in the LA Times

RE: Quest for a Palestinian museum: An idealistic lawyer hopes art can help forge a new identity for his people, to show the humanity overshadowed by terrorism.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-palestinian1jul01,0,3892323.story?coll=la-home-middleright

Dear Editor,

I was delighted to see in your ART section today "Quest for a Palestinian museum", and I applaud the "silver haired lawyer" Mazen Qupty & his wife as they focus attention on Palestinian Fine Art- doing what they can to promote and celebrate a secular vision of Palestine today.

I also applaud the LA Times' willingness to notice passionate- but peaceful Palestinian "resistance"- simply Palestinian being past, present and future... Palestinian talent and Palestinian truth giving US a glimpse of true Palestinian dignity & worth.

Far too much ink & time has been wasted harping on the negative and encouraging the worst in everyone, encouraging a "clash a civilizations" that simply does not need to be...so much better to look for and find the true beauty of the people of Palestine.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

A painting by Sliman Mansour, from Qupty’s collection. “These are the orange fields that we lost in Jaffa,” Qupty says.

(Ziv Koren / Polaris / For The Times)

A painting by Taysir Barakat from Quapty’s collection.

(Ziv Koren / Polaris / For The Times)

Mazen Qupty has been assembling artwork for a Palestinian national art museum.

(Ziv Koren / Polaris / For The Times)