Bedor Alobaidi

*My First article, at The Urban Vibe College Newspaper, Des Moines Iowa-USA. Published: October 3,2011 Editor of the Newspaper, Brad Morgan  Photography by: Alexandra Borzo Fay & Sumerian Bedor  Amer Saleh Alobaidi is a world renowned American-Iraqi artist whose paintings can be found in nearly every major museum of modern art in the Middle East. He has exhibited internationally, recognized with honors, and his artwork is in numerous private collections. Mr. Amer Alobaidi was the former Director of the National Museum of Modern art in Baghdad and former general director of the Fine Arts in Iraq. He has shown his paintings and earned awards in exhibitions and galleries in cities on several continents. Mr. Alobaidi’s career began in 1934. He grew up in a large family who encouraged his passion for art throughout his childhood. His talent and mastery of design and color gained him early recognition when he won the first prize in Ibiza, Spain, at the age of ...

I like to take the opportunity and send my special thanks and appreciation to Kassie Brown who featured me at The Grand Views Newspaper ( College newspaper issued by The Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa ).   The Grand Views Newspaper  Kassie Brown, Contributor February 8, 2013 Filed under Features, Top Stories  The lives of Bador Mosa, journalism junior, and her family have centered on three things: one suitcase, three people and a bullet chasing them away, a life they definitely had not bargained for. A day of shopping was normal. Her brother sitting in the car, waiting, was normal. Walking back, watching their car burst to flames knowing her brother was inside was not normal. Mosa's thought was to protect her mother. Her thought was to rush to her brother, but she couldn't. She was told he was alive by American troops and she was lied to. It was just three days after her brother's funeral, which she didn't attend, when her d...