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I s m a i l
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1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1998
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Name: Nada Ahmed Salman
E-mail: <ahmadnada@hotmial.com>
Comments: I can see my home again from your hands.... your painting let me wake up to see all this pain and suffering which we are live in .. i wish from my heart all these painting reach to all people in this world to share us loving palestine ........

- Friday, September 15, 2000 at 06:40:55 (PDT)
Name: Nada Ahmed Salman
E-mail: <ahmadnada@hotmial.com>
Comments: i can see my home again from your hands.... your painting let me wake to see all this pain and suffering which we are live in .. i wish from my heart all these painting reach to all people in this world to share us loving palestine ........

- Friday, September 15, 2000 at 06:40:18 (PDT)
Name: Ibrahim Dakkak
E-mail: <dataset@shani.net>
Comments: Very happy to know about your site. The contenta are great and cover many interesting areas for a scholar and for a layman. Ibrahim Dakkak Jerusalem

- Wednesday, September 06, 2000 at 05:34:01 (PDT)
Name: Sameh FAKOUA
E-mail: <fakoua@yahoo.com>
Comments: Salam Palestine... I'am from Lebanon, My family name is FAKOUA, I know in palestine existe a region named FAKOUA and a family named FAKOUA. if you know this region and any personne from this family in palestine, please tell me, please tell me. In the wait of your Email Yours sincerely Sameh FAKOUA fakoua@yahoo.com

- Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 06:11:59 (PDT)
Name: ali
E-mail: <deeram@naseej.com.sa>
Comments: i am artist of ceramics i love your works it is very good

- Monday, August 21, 2000 at 12:23:13 (PDT)
Name: MN
E-mail: <meemn@juno.com>
Comments: i love u'r work a lot, i was looking for picture to make a page that contains palestinian songs and loved u'r so i used 5 of u'r painting and if you give me the permetion to use them i will publish it but now i'll let u check the page first and please email me with u'r answer yes or no and i hope very much that u'll like it thanks http://arabe.homepage.com/pal.htm

- Saturday, July 29, 2000 at 10:30:55 (PDT)
Name: Mohamed Nezami
E-mail: <mohamed_nezami@hotmail.com>
Comments: I love coming and viewing these paintings. Every time is like a first time!

- Friday, July 21, 2000 at 06:29:14 (PDT)
Name: Ann Aoki
E-mail: <annmaoki@aol.com>
Comments: Thank you for making this all possible. You seem just like the kind of people I would be proud to know. Ann

- Sunday, July 09, 2000 at 17:14:34 (PDT)
Name: Ann M. Aoki
E-mail: <aokiannmaoki@aol.com>
Comments: How nice to find you. I am married, 45 years of age. We have no children. But, I make a good substitute sometimes. My in laws are Japanese. My husband is Japanese/American. My father in law was born in Hiroshima. My mother in law in Wakayama, in southern Japan. I love my inlaws very much. I love my husband very much! I was always wanting to find other married Arab people to communicate with. It would nice to have friendships with you! Bye, for now--Eric and Ann Aoki.

- Sunday, July 09, 2000 at 17:07:46 (PDT)
Name: abdel wahab zahdeh
E-mail: <khaber@hally.net>
Comments: very great pl take alook at my page www.geocities.com/zahdahh

- Sunday, June 18, 2000 at 04:18:09 (PDT)
Name: Siham & Abou Osama
E-mail: <Hajjir@T-online.de>
Comments: Dear Ismail & Tamam, thank you for your very beautiful Graphics. Vielen Dank für die wunderbaren Bilder !! Wir gratulieren herzlich ! Bleibt gesund und glücklich ! Family Hajjir from Berlin . Berlin, den 30.05.2000 A+S und Kinder ...

- Monday, May 29, 2000 at 15:25:07 (PDT)
Name: Samir Greadly
E-mail: <greadly@i.am>
Comments: I am still speachless from the paintings i saw today at Mr. Ismaeel's house. I always loved Palestine and i always heard many stories from my grandparents and my friends; but never have i ever seen such clarity in paintings that discuss every little, and big, detail. A picture is worth a thousand words and to me these would reprasent ten thousand! I wish i can do more to help clarify the truth to the madia.

- Saturday, May 27, 2000 at 14:19:27 (PDT)
Name: Adel Daher
E-mail: <adel_daher@hotmail.com>
Comments: This is a very great site. The paintings are undescribably beautiful, especially when you see them in real life. I wish Ismail and Tamam the best of luck in their future, and hope that their wishes, and all of the Palestinian's wishes to come true. There is MUCH more I could say, but there wont be enough room on the site!

- Saturday, May 27, 2000 at 14:14:28 (PDT)
Name: Nizar, Afaf & Diala Al-Alami
E-mail: <diala@jonet.com >
Comments: An enjoyable piece of art in itself, this website is one of the most beautiful and effectived sites on the web. A tribute to yourselves, every Palestinian and Arab.

- Saturday, May 13, 2000 at 09:00:41 (PDT)
Name: nabeel shaath
E-mail: <nara@palnet.com>
Comments: dear ismail&tamam I miss you and love you very much.It was a pleasure to see your website.we must get together soon

- Friday, May 12, 2000 at 02:41:34 (PDT)
Name: Tamam Newman
E-mail: <tamiami@altavista.net>
Comments: Thankyou...... i was named after my grandmother......yes I am a female and I appreciate this site so much because it has given me access to part of myself

- Friday, May 05, 2000 at 13:15:25 (PDT)
Name: Kimberly
E-mail: <Kblythe14@hotmail.com>
Comments: I enjoyed your artwork, especially the colors that were used. Thank you for sharing your work.

- Tuesday, May 02, 2000 at 19:43:04 (PDT)
Name: Siham El Alaoui
E-mail: <siham@mysentinel.com>
Comments: I've learnt about your website from Basel shammout that was my friend and my classmate. Your paintings are marvelous. I'm glad to know that there are such talented arabian artists. Siham

- Tuesday, April 25, 2000 at 15:49:06 (PDT)
Name: HAZAR HIJAZI ABUKURAH
E-mail: <hazar18@aol.com>
Comments: DEAR TAMAM @KAMAL CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSFUL WEBSITE :MR. SHAMMOUT I MET YOU THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT WSU IN MICHIGAN YR.1964 .YOU DISPLAYED YOUR WONDERFUL PAINTINGS THEN,AS ARAB STUDENTS WE ALL WERE FASCINATED &MOST OF ALL PROUD OF YOUR WORK.. YOUR PAINTINGS HAVE AN AURA ABOUT THEM THAT THEY CREATE AN EMPATHETIC REACTION FROM THE VIEWER'S SIDE TOWARDS THAT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER YOU ARE DEPICTING IN YOUR WORK ..IT CREATES AN INTERACTION THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPART WITH LONG TIME AFTER ONE HAS LEFT THE SCENE ..JUST AMAZING!! YOU DO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS ..TO THIS DAY I REMEMBER MY REACTION AMONG MANY OTHER STUDENTS TOWARDS THE PAINTING OF THE LITTLE BOY ..SAD ,CONFUSED,&PUZZLED SITTING NEXT TO AN EMPTY COFFEE CHAIR "MY FATHER USED TO SIT HERE".THAT WAS SO MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I SAW THAT PAINTING..TO THIS DAY THE MEMORY OF IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES ... AS AN ARTIST ,MYSELF I WILL ALWAYS ASPIRE TO LEARN SOME OF YOUR WISDOM .EACH OF YOUR PAINTINGS IS WORTH MORE THAN" THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES". ..HOPE YOU'LL STAY , PRODUCTIVE ,AND HEALTHY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME ...&AS FOR YOU TAMAM I LOVE THE WORK ON THEWEBSITE ...I HOPE I WILL SEE YOU BOTH ON YOUR NEXT SHOW IN USA ..BEST OF LUCK SINCERELY HAZAR HIJAZI ABUKURAH

- Saturday, April 15, 2000 at 17:16:57 (PDT)
Name: مصطفى الجبور
E-mail: <webmaster@aljabour.every1.net>
Comments: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته الاخ الفنان اسماعيل والاخت الفنانة تمام أن وجود موقع يحتوي علي جزء بسيط من فنكم الذي هو جزء من تاريخ فلسطين وقضيتنا العادلة وفقكم الله أنتم وكل الشرفاء من أبناء شعبنا البطل أخوكم مصطفى عطا الجبور أحد أبناء خان يونس

- Friday, April 14, 2000 at 09:32:25 (PDT)
Name: مصطفى الجبور
E-mail: <webmaster@aljabour.every1.net>
Comments: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته الاخ الفنان اسماعيل والاخت الفنانة تمام أن وجود موقع يحتوي علي جزء بسيط من فنكم الذي هو جزء من تاريخ فلسطين وقضيتنا العادلة وفقكم الله أنتم وكل الشرفاء من أبناء شعبنا البطل أخوكم مصطفى عطا الجبور أحد أبناء خان يونس

- Friday, April 14, 2000 at 09:32:22 (PDT)
Name: Fadi Hodali
E-mail: <webmaster@fadihodali.zzn.com>
Comments: All my best wishes all the best for palestine Thanks alot for your efforts

- Monday, April 10, 2000 at 11:26:14 (PDT)
Name: عبد الوهاب زاهده
E-mail: <khaber@hally.net>
Comments: كل التقدير والإحترام لقد أعجبت كثيرا بلوحاتكم الإبداعيه وقد إخترت واحدة منها لصفحتي على الإنترنت فأرجو أن لا أكون تطاولت على حقوقكم إذ أن من حقكم ان أستأذن لكن المثل يقول - الطمع في الأجاويد - عنوان صفحتي هو www.geocities.com/a_zahdah

- Saturday, April 01, 2000 at 01:13:01 (PST)
Name: Randa Eldarini
E-mail: <eldarrm@co.mecklenburg.nc.us>
Comments: Dear Tammam and Ismail, I logged on to your website and loved it. I was able to down load some of the photographs ( particularly of the women and use them in a presentation at work about the Palestinian traditional dress the Thobe. Thank you for being patriotic and for your wonderful beautiful artwork. Hope to see you soon. Love Randa.

- Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 06:23:38 (PST)
Name: Salwa Arnous Elaydi
E-mail: <selaydi2@trinity.edu>
Comments: Hi Ismail & Tamam I wish you a good health both of you.I admir your work because represent the Palestinians,keep upand great work, the wanderful and outstanding work. I wish I could see the actual work.

- Thursday, March 23, 2000 at 15:17:17 (PST)
Name: Erika
Comments: Very good paintings! You are talented!

- Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 11:27:47 (PST)
Name: aisha
E-mail: <aishaw@rocketmail.com>
Comments: i enjoyed it thoroughly. some of your work is on display at duke university in durham, north carolina, usa this is where i saw it first

- Tuesday, March 07, 2000 at 19:18:04 (PST)
Name: MAHMOUD AL-ARTOUFI
E-mail: <ART.ARABIN@FLORIDA.USA.COM>
Comments: HI I WANNA ANY GEUMETRY ART LIKE SEQWER OR CIRCLE ATC. (ENGINERRING SHAPE OR FORM)

- Monday, March 06, 2000 at 23:55:36 (PST)
Name: khaled abdolati
E-mail: <ati_khm@yahoo.com>
Comments: best wishes and congratulation

- Saturday, March 04, 2000 at 23:57:50 (PST)
Name: Silvia Rothermund
Comments: Dear Mr. Shammout, I wish you a very happy 70th birthday and all the best and good health. I was very happy to know you in person and enjoyed very much seeing the original wonderful paintings of yours and of Mrs. Shammout in Amman. I am looking forward to see you soon or latest at your comming exibition in Amman. Silvia Rothermund- Germany

- Thursday, March 02, 2000 at 08:02:46 (PST)
Name: Michael Nucci
E-mail: <nooch@hotmail.com>
Comments: Greetings,Ismail & Tamam, I love your paintings Ismail, what are you trying to reflect from the paintings and why? The reason why I ask this, is because I'm doing a research paper for Global Issues on the people of Palestine, and I just can't find anything that I can grasp on to. I know the songs tell alot of what the people are about, although art does too. I'd like to know what your paintings 1990-1998 reflect. Because they are very attractive, I like the one with the sun overshadowing the people. It almost looks as if theres people in the sun. If you could do this for me and respond to me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Sincerely, Michael Nucci Bachelor Student at Newbury College Brookline, Massachussetts

- Monday, February 28, 2000 at 10:23:26 (PST)
Name: فيصل أبو عاشور
E-mail: <faisalashour@ayna.com>
Comments: ان هذا الفن الذي يساند البندقية لهو جدير بالاحترام فالى الأمام يا اسماعيل ويا تمام أخوكم فيصل أبو عاشور خطاط وفنان تشكيلي أردني

- Friday, February 25, 2000 at 11:25:50 (PST)
Name: Samia Halaby
E-mail: <samia@interport.net>
Comments: Ahlan Ismail and Tamam, It is a pleasure to visit your pages again. I hope you are both well. I am now spending time reading your book Ismail. Before this, I always spent time looking at the wonderful pictures. It is a wonderful book and most valuable history. As I wrote you earlier, I am now trying to do one in English for Al-Wasiti on Palestinian painting. Did you receive my email of three weeks ago? with warmest and most respectful regards Samia

- Wednesday, February 23, 2000 at 20:49:53 (PST)
Name: Nada Abdel-Hack
E-mail: <Amnny5>
Comments: Mr. Shammout, I have what might be an original or a reproduction of your work. It is signed Shammout 84 in arabic. It is a scene of the Intifada. Boys holding stones waiting for the approaching soldiers. I bought it in the 1980's at a Palestenian convention in N.Y. Can you please comment on this piece of art?

- Tuesday, February 08, 2000 at 08:28:07 (PST)
Name: Nada Abdel-Hack
E-mail: <Amnny5>
Comments: Mr. Shammout, I have what might be an original or a reproduction of your work. It is signed Shammout 84 in arabic. It is a scene of the Intifada. Boys holding stones waiting for the approaching soldiers. I bought it in the 1980's at a Palestenian convention in N.Y. Can you please comment on this piece of art?

- Tuesday, February 08, 2000 at 08:26:16 (PST)
Name: dina alshahwan
E-mail: <dina_alshahwan@hotmail.com>
Comments: Çáì ÇáÝäÇä ÇÓãÇÚíá ÔãæØ æÇáÝäÇäÉ ÊãÇã ÑÓæãÇÊßã ÊÌÚáäí ÇÚíÔ Ýí Ìæ ãä ÇáÇÕÇáÉ æÚÈÞ ÇáÊÑÇË ÇáÇÎÇÐ ÊÌÚáäí ÇÈæÍ ÈßáãÇÊ ÇÔÈå ãÇ Êßæä ÞØÑÇÊ ãÇÁ Ýí ÕÈÇÍ íæã ãÇØÑ ÏÇÝÆ áæÍÇÊßã ÊÍÑÖäí Úáì ÇáßÊÇÈÉ ÇáæØäí ÇáÑæãÇäÓíÉ áÇä ÇáÍÈ ãÚäì ãä ãÚÇäí ÇáæØä ÇáÕÍÝíÉ æÇáßÇÊÈÉ ÏíäÇ ÇáÔåæÇä

- Saturday, February 05, 2000 at 08:08:08 (PST)
Name: Samih Husein
E-mail: <shussein@index.com>
Comments: Very impressive web site, thanks. Samih

- Sunday, January 30, 2000 at 11:04:25 (PST)
Name: Batoul Khaliefa
E-mail: <batoola@ivillage.com>
Comments: I was very happy to visit your web site especially if the it is for the most popular artists as the two couples Shammout..my love and best regrds you..I learnt from your drwaing how to love Palastine more and more,,even mom,,she used to say a lot about you ..(Roqquiah Quddoura..she is living in Qatar) Batoul Khaliefa

- Monday, January 17, 2000 at 11:43:28 (PST)
Name: Barbara Banks
E-mail: <bebanks@bristolbay.com>
Comments: what a beautiful love story im just looking now . I wanted to see and later get arab artjust for my self. glad you have a web site arent computers wonderful. im in a small fishing villabe in alaska and its hadr to know how to locate any thin with out the net thank you for being there .Barbara

- Saturday, January 15, 2000 at 13:40:54 (PST)
Name: Dr.Gandhi Al-Khateeb
E-mail: <Gandhi@dmp.net.sa>
Comments: Palestine is so great & alive ,It will be the symbol of freedom &strugle in this planet forever. palestinians are " GOD OWN PEOPLE " fighting for " GOD OWN LAND " longlive palestine Dr.GANDHI .

- Friday, January 14, 2000 at 13:25:49 (PST)
Name: George Akel
E-mail: <palestinians@hotmail.com>
Comments: I love how you all designed your website!

- Wednesday, January 12, 2000 at 17:35:50 (PST)
Name: Ian Seida
E-mail: <ioppa@msn.com>
Comments: My compliments to all who helped in putting this work online for us see. It is most comforting to see the Palestinian predicament being presented artistically.

- Saturday, January 08, 2000 at 21:37:52 (PST)
Name: chandra mohan
E-mail: <svcm@hotmail.com>
Comments: nice site

- Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 02:10:50 (PST)
Name: Huda Salman Alsafwani
E-mail: <hudass@pl.net>
Comments: Dear Tamam & Ismail, My father bless his soul used to say (Law khasarna falastine sa'akfran b kul deen). I wish he was still alive,I would have told him then To rest his anger because with Palastinians like Tamam &Ismail Palastine is not lost. Huda Alsafwani

- Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 20:12:39 (PST)
Name: bayan hout
E-mail: <bayan@cyberia.net.lb>
Comments: Dearest Ismail & Tamam, It is a great pleasure to visit you wherever you are, especially on these pages. Delighted to see the new paintings, lots of things to talk about. We came recently from London, Chafiq & I. love you , happy Ramadan, bayan.

- Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 05:55:23 (PST)
Name: Mahmoud youness
E-mail: <myouness58@hotmail.com>
Comments: Excellent, excellent palestinian painting. I never been to palestine, but i have enjoyed it through your wonderful paintingAS LONG AS I remember. I am a palestinian from Beriut, lebanon but living in the USA. My academic training, two degrees in graphic communications,and one degree is coming up in the spring of 2000,in the digital prepress-computer graphics. i enjoy oil painting but i am not as good as you., however i am very artistic and creative. i would like to be in touch with, please expect me to e-mail you, soon in sha-Allah. P.S. i previously was in touch with you during your stay in kuwait, i sent you few letters but i never received an answer!! i think because you may had left kuwait, anyway, no problem at all. i look forward to her from you soon. sincere wishes to you and to sister Tamam. Sincerely, m.youness michigan USA

- Tuesday, November 16, 1999 at 13:39:50 (PST)
Name: Leonardo Hasbun
E-mail: <leonardohasbun@hotmail.com>
Comments: I am a palestinian. I love my Home- Land and I like to see all today your home page. I love the art. Thank you very much. Viva Palestina

- Friday, November 12, 1999 at 17:26:46 (PST)
Name: A. Fouad Dajani
E-mail: <FDDAJANI@alhamra.com.sa>
Comments: The work of both Ismail and yourself is absolutely magnificent. As grandchildren of the Diaspora and not having had the experience of our parents, your paintings help to capture the image and emotion that has only been expressed to us in words. As palestinians in specific and admirers of the art in general you both are a credit to your people and profession. The next time i am in Amman i will make a point of visiting your gallery. Regards Fouad

- Thursday, November 11, 1999 at 03:33:43 (PST)
Name: Hisham Daiess.
Comments: nice page.

- Friday, November 05, 1999 at 15:37:15 (PST)
Name: Rima Abu Gharbieh
E-mail: <rimi4@hotmail.com>
Comments: It was such agreat site ,wich help a lot of student who interest in art to know more about it specialy the palestinian students who needs to know more about the palestinian great artists like Ismail and TammamShammout . go ahead be the best allways .

- Monday, November 01, 1999 at 20:06:37 (PST)
Name: Jamil Shammout
E-mail: <nshammout@index.com.jo>
Comments: Hi Ismail and Tamam Welcome back. I enjoyed looking at your web. It is really beautiful to look at . Very immpressive. Special thanks for mentioning my name in your first exhibit in Gaza. Your brother Jamil

- Sunday, October 31, 1999 at 03:43:25 (PST)
Name: NAHED SHAWA
E-mail: <nahedshawa@mailcity.com>
Comments: I have always admired you and I shall continue. I have been honered to get 5 copies of your painting as well as tamam's work form your lovely sister Ant Moyasr in Riyadh. My father was an old friend of her kind husband Mr. Nasser. I wished that i could meet you when I was in Amman, but I did not have your address. However, I look forward to visit your home gallary and meet both you soon. My last comment is "I hope one day i can afford to have an original". regrads Nahed

- Friday, October 29, 1999 at 11:56:34 (PDT)
Name: Dr. Samir Alhasan
E-mail: <dalhasan@hotmail.com>
Comments: In these dark days you shine the candle of hope. Thank you This is as strong and loud as fighting with bullets. God bless you and bless our people and our dream Palestine

- Sunday, October 24, 1999 at 20:08:36 (PDT)
Name: KHALED ABUL-HASSAN
E-mail: <killiahmad@hotmail.com>
Comments: great page keep it up brothers. www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/4304

- Thursday, October 21, 1999 at 06:36:54 (PDT)
Name: Ghassan Hajjawi
E-mail: <Hajjawi@index.com.jo>
Comments: I did visit your Wonderful site which recomended from a brother and it is so nice, with hopes to you all the best to words successful; work and more powerful life insha'allah Ghassan Hajjawi Amman - Jordan

- Sunday, October 17, 1999 at 04:34:31 (PDT)
Name: maie abu damous
E-mail: <mdamous11@hotmail.com>
Comments: i saw the program DAFATER AL-AYYAM & i ilked u & the way u lived & raised your children, i admire u alot! i felt i am close to u because i had your type of life... i am palestenian & ilived i kuwait i wish u both the best always... good luck ;)

- Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 23:42:28 (PDT)
Name: Nawal Nabulsi/Abu Lughod
E-mail: <SHIBLA@aol.com>
Comments: I was introduced to Ismail's paintings in the sixties when a friend gave us some of the copies(prints). Stunned by the beauty of all the paintings, also by the graphic art. I am fairly new to computers but familiar with Illustrator. I think they were done with a more sophisticated software. Very proud of both of you and hope someday to meet you in one of your exhibitions. I noticed that many of your paintings were in Quwait. Hope they were not left behind during the war or at least saved. Finally, I congratulate you on this lovely website. Nawal

- Friday, October 15, 1999 at 21:56:28 (PDT)
Name: OMAR HAJAWI
E-mail: <ohijjawi@hotmail.com>
Comments: As'salamu alaikum, a have visited your site numerous times. evry time i visit i get emotional and can't write down any comment. the effect of your paintiongs and depictions is so deep and strong it moves me and puts me in a dream world that i am living in palestine. yet at the same time i realize the reality and that brings tears to my eyes... your work is uplifting and moving. i am very proud of your work and ask God to keep you inspired to produce even greater works for plaestine and all of us. may God bless you and keep you in great health and prosperity. salam

- Friday, October 08, 1999 at 11:24:06 (PDT)
Name: Eddie Hamad
E-mail: <ehamad@x-press.net>
Comments: I am a board member of the Islamic Sociaty of Frederick MD, and would like to ask if it is possiple to purchase prints / paintings from your web site? Selling prints of your paintings would help us raise money for our new Masque. Thanks, Eddie Hamad.

- Friday, October 01, 1999 at 06:06:19 (PDT)
Name: Brad Remmek
E-mail: < >
Comments: Beautiful Web site and some great paintings. Enjoyed the site very much.Keep up the good work.

- Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 05:33:48 (PDT)
Name: Brad Remmek
E-mail: < >
Comments: Beautiful Web site and some great paintings. Enjoyed the site very much.Keep up the good work.

- Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 05:33:43 (PDT)
Name: Brad Ducker
E-mail: < >
Comments: Beautiful Web site and some great paintings. Enjoyed the site very much. I am a coleague of Sumeya Abushaban in Ottawa, Canada. She suggested I visit your site, and it sure was worth it. Keep up the good work.

- Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 05:32:05 (PDT)
Name: Dory Pierre
E-mail: <dorypier@hotpoint.ed>
Comments: Very powerful work. I'd love to own one of your paintings. I'm an actor living in London, can I? Thanks.

- Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 05:28:01 (PDT)
Name: Dory Pierre
E-mail: <dorypier@hotpoint.ed>
Comments: Very powerful work. I'd love to own one of your paintings. I'm an actor living in London, can I? Thanks.

- Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 05:27:56 (PDT)
Name: F
E-mail: <F>
Comments: FFF

- Wednesday, September 22, 1999 at 17:16:01 (PDT)
Name: Thegrace.com
E-mail: <alne3mat@total.net>
Comments: Warm welcome to Alnemat Arabic Christian Internet Magazine, We love you ! Please visit us- نحييكم بمحبة الله ونتأمل زياراتكم الكريمة لموقع النعمة Warm welcome to Alnemat Arabic Christian Internet Magazine, We love you ! Please visit us at: http://www.TheGrace.com/ - نحييكم بمحبة الله ونتأمل زياراتكم الكريمة لموقع النعمة

- Monday, September 20, 1999 at 13:39:13 (PDT)
Name: adnan
E-mail: <adnan@hfx.andara.com>
Comments: I've viewed your site. It is really wonderful. Being Palestinan Candian I'd like to be informed or updated with yr new paintings. We need some more of this art. Good luck for a future full of blossoms.

- Sunday, September 19, 1999 at 08:34:09 (PDT)
Name: Jeremiah Duboff
E-mail: <jduboff@yahoo.com>
Comments: Thank you so much for making available your works to an international audience. Their creation and dissemination testify to the Palestinian people's irrepressible will to live freely, in peace, in justice and in dignity--in Palestine (and anywhere). Thank you again.

- Sunday, September 19, 1999 at 00:41:01 (PDT)
Name: ghassan mazzawi
E-mail: <mgassan@rannet.com>
Comments: iam very happy that our vpest artest have very nice plase in the net

- Sunday, September 12, 1999 at 07:50:54 (PDT)
Name: Abed Abdi
E-mail: <abdi3@inter.net.il>
Comments: Dearest Tamam and Ismail, Warmest greetings from Haifa. we have read the article of Zahed Haras in Al-Ittihad (Friday, 10 September), and assure you our deep appreciation of its conents. we have also greatly enjoyed touring your web site, congratulations! Sincerely yours, Abed & Judit

- Saturday, September 11, 1999 at 11:57:49 (PDT)
Name: Alnemat / النعمة
E-mail: <alne3mat@total.net>
Comments: Warm welcome to Alnemat Arabic Christian Internet Magazine, We love you ! Please visit us at: http://www.TheGrace.com/ / نحييكم بمحبة الله ونتأمل زياراتكم الكريمة لموقع النعمة

- Thursday, September 02, 1999 at 08:04:47 (PDT)
Name: Ghassan & Hiba Khouri
E-mail: <gkhouri@awtc.com>
Comments: Thank you for giving us this opportunity of seeing your beautiful collection of unique art.

- Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 14:05:16 (PDT)
Name: abaher el.sakka from Nantes -France
E-mail: <Abaher.el-sakka@mail.humana.univ-nantes.fr>
Comments: Great paintings ,Excellent site from great artists ,I'm glad as a palestinian to see it.

- Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 08:36:39 (PDT)
Name: Abaher el.Sakka from Nantes -France
E-mail: <Abaher.el-sakka@mail.humana.univ-nantes.fr>
Comments: Excellent site,Great paintings from great artisits ,I'm glad as a palestinian to it .

- Wednesday, September 01, 1999 at 08:33:20 (PDT)
Name: moneer abu fara
E-mail: <moneer76@hotmail.com>
Comments: هلا احببت التعرف والمزيد فهل من مزيد وشكرا

- Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at 07:02:09 (PDT)
Name: MAHMOUD .A
Comments: HI FANTASTIC PAINTINGS IT SEEMS SPEKING AND MOVING HAVE A GOOG WISHS BAAAAAY

- Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at 06:40:09 (PDT)
Name: Leena Saraste
E-mail: <leena.saraste@fmp.fi>
Comments: Dear Tamam and Ismail It was wonderful to see your work again, after so many years. All the best for the continuation, and please, contact me. I have some important guestions. yours Leena

- Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 05:30:31 (PDT)
Name: tony yalda
E-mail: <allflags@ozemail.com.au>
Comments: I love u work keepit up I wish you would inform me with all u new work. tony yalda melbourne australia

- Saturday, August 14, 1999 at 23:42:23 (PDT)
Name: Alejandro Dughman
E-mail: <adughman@entelchile.net>
Comments: Dear Mr. Shammout and Tamam: I live in Chile and my father was born in Ramallah, Palestine. I was really excited when I found this web page because I´ve heard a lot about you though me and my wife love art, and always I´ve been looking for palestinian artists. Your work makes us feel very proud of you and of our palestinian heritage. Through art and culture you are also strugling for our freedom, so we hope in the near future to visit your expositions in Holy Jerusalem. Mabrook and best wishes

- Friday, August 06, 1999 at 14:01:37 (PDT)
Name: SHUROUQ ABDULMUHSIN
E-mail: <shurouq_muzaffar@hotmail.com >
Comments: THANK YOU FOR EXHIBITING YOUR MAGNIFICENT WORKS ON THE WEB.I FOUND YOUR SITE BOTH SMART & ELEGANT (IT RESEMBLES YOU RIGHT).KUWAIT REALLY MISSES YOU...BEST WISHES.

- Sunday, July 11, 1999 at 18:16:53 (PDT)
Name: yasser abu-baker , nablus , palestine , annajah university.
E-mail: <yasser101@hotmail.com>
Comments: very nice , i like you both , i hope i meet you both soon , bye

- Tuesday, June 22, 1999 at 11:27:52 (PDT)
Name: Husam Ayesh
E-mail: <public@mail.iugaza.edu>
Comments: Great

- Tuesday, June 22, 1999 at 00:17:16 (PDT)
Name: aissa deebi
E-mail: <aissadeebi@hotmail.com>
Comments: Marhaba Ismael and tamam i hope that you doing well in jordon, i came back to palestine last month , i have been graduated for my masters in fine arts in the uk , im fine at the moment. take care and marhaba agine aissa deebi haifa

- Thursday, June 17, 1999 at 02:58:12 (PDT)
Name: Peter Strüber,Rheda-Wiedenbrück,Germany
Comments: I am very delighted,that you can work in a free Palestine very soon.We had an exhibition here in Rheda-Wiedenbrück a few years ago by Burhan Karkutli. Some of your works were to be seen.

- Wednesday, June 16, 1999 at 06:28:37 (PDT)
Name: Nadim F. Haddad
E-mail: <nfhaddad@aol.com>
Comments: Beautiful.........Palestine is eternal........!

- Tuesday, June 15, 1999 at 15:51:07 (PDT)
Name: Luai Bseiso
E-mail: <LuaiB@hotmail.com>
Comments: I accidentaly came across your web page, and I do not mind telling you that the haunting images with which you portray the suffering of our People both in and out of their homeland was very hard to bare. Within the images one could tune out the rest of the world, and for that instant, try to feel what the mother felt at the loss of her children or the children at the loss of their father, or the loss that all us Palestinians feel for our homeland. I have three boys, and your 1997 painting of the face-less Three Children sits in the middle of my computer screen as a remembrance of what I hold very dear, and the task ahead of me of teaching those children where they came from and what they have to continue to struggle to return to inspite of all the odds against them. Thank You for giving me something that I can teach my children to be proud of. Their Arabness, and Their Palestinian Heritage.

- Tuesday, June 15, 1999 at 14:15:16 (PDT)
Name: Ra'ed E. Husseini
E-mail: <reh@ibm.net>
Comments: Both of you add to my pride of being a Palestinian. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

- Friday, June 11, 1999 at 21:01:45 (PDT)
Name: Ayman Kullab
E-mail: <Ayman.Kullab@tg.fh-giessen.de>
Comments: ana la,aref el englisia lezalek saaktub belarabia. ana said bewjod hada al, homepage. ana falastini men gaza o,adros fi almania. Wa ana aidan fannan ,hiwaiati alrasm w,alghinaa wasaoti shabih jidan bi,saot abd el halim hafiz ,lezalek ana otken aghanih jidan. Danke schön................................... Ich freue mich auf Ihr homepage wegen zwei Gründe,nämmlich: -Ich bin erstens palästinensisch. -Zweitens bin ich maler

- Monday, June 07, 1999 at 07:22:55 (PDT)
Name: SHREFFEY ELKADRY
E-mail: <WackyGirl119@hotmail.com>
Comments: I'M A PLO TO SO I THINK I KNOW HOW IT FEELS AND GOOD LUCK! ONLY IF ALL THE ARAB CAN COME TOGETHER AND WE CAN GET OUR COUNTRY BACK BUT IT WILL HAPPEN SOME DAY WE WILL WIN I WILL NEVER STOP IN TILL WE WIN!

- Friday, June 04, 1999 at 17:10:03 (PDT)
Name: SHREFFEY ELKADRY
E-mail: <WackyGirl119@hotmail.com>
Comments: I'M A PLO TO SO I THINK I KNOW HOW IT FEELS AND GOOD LUCK! ONLY IF ALL THE ARAB CAN COME TOGETHER AND WE CANE GET OUR COUNTRY BACK BUT IT WILL HAPPEN SOME DAY WE WILL WIN I WILL NEVER STOP IN TILL WE WIN

- Friday, June 04, 1999 at 17:08:38 (PDT)
Name: Isa Totah
E-mail: <itotah@earthlink.net>
Comments: Very powerful work. I'd love to own one of your paintings. I'm an actor living in Los Angeles.

- Friday, June 04, 1999 at 01:03:50 (PDT)
Name: Hassan Kheite "Ghannam"
E-mail: <Hassan Khe@aol.com>
Comments: Salaam. I have heard about you Mr. Ismael Shammout from my uncle the palestinean artist "Ibrahim Ghannam" -Abu Khalil. But I have never seen anything of your paintings before. Now, after all this years it´s a plesure to meet you on this web-site. It´s realy a nice page. Last, please tell us some informations about the paintings of my uncle which lost in Kuwait.

- Wednesday, June 02, 1999 at 12:35:06 (PDT)
Name: Bilal jabr Jammal
Comments: I am apalestinian living in london to start a new journy , its quiet differ from yours and my parents the journy i lived in it and loved my self in it. my address is: 24Truro House WestBourne Park road London W2 5UY

- Wednesday, June 02, 1999 at 07:37:41 (PDT)
Name: EMAD A.RAZEQ
E-mail: <EMAD_Q@HOTMAIL.COMM>
Comments: CONGRATULATIONS,HOPE WE SEE MORE AND MORE OF THIS PALASTINIAN ART ,MISSED ALL OF IT IN KUWAIT.

- Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 05:16:08 (PDT)
Name: Dr.Nasser Assaad
E-mail: <Nasr-3@hotmail.com>
Comments: I love Palestine thro you,but i ignore my self as palestinier when I se what Arafat clan doing. Palestine is you,Abu Salma,Darwish,Samihalkasem,Abushawer,Habash,Not Dahlan,Rajjob,Shaath. Good Luck for you Ismail& Tamam Nasser

- Friday, May 28, 1999 at 01:36:43 (PDT)
Name: bader nizam abu shaaban ...GAZA...study in amman
E-mail: <bader259@yahoo.com>
Comments: al salam alycom indeed i was very happy when i saw these pages and i have reasons that palestinian`s hands able to do the greatest thank u mr for your paintings. graphics.and sketches and your feeling which appear with your drawing

- Thursday, May 27, 1999 at 17:08:50 (PDT)
Name: Louay Dahmash
E-mail: <louay.dahmash@bentley.nl>
Comments: I would like extend my congratulations on this terrific website. It is a beautiful site with very expressive and touching paintings and sketches from our history. I truly hope that we see more Palestinians professionaly portraying to the world the real us , and making people understand what we are all about. Finally , we hope that someday we shall return to Lydda and Jaffa and Jerusalem with our heads held up high.

- Thursday, May 27, 1999 at 04:12:26 (PDT)
Name: Jamil Daher, Ph.D.
E-mail: <jamild@earthlink.net>
Comments: Being a photographer, it was a true pleasure for me to visit your site. Words are not adequate to describe your work; your work speaks for itself. For almost fifty years, you have given millions of people around the world the opportunity to enjoy your marvelous art. From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate you for this extraordinary achievement. May God keep you happy and healthy, and may justice, someday, find its way to Lydda and Jaffa, and the rest of the bay. 20 May, 1999.

- Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 08:39:08 (PDT)
Name: Jamil Daher, Ph.D.
E-mail: <jamild@earthlink.net>
Comments: Being a photographer, it was a true pleasure for me to visit your site. Words are not adequate to describe your work; your work speaks for itself. For almost fifty years, you have given millions of people around the world the opportunity to enjoy your marvelous art. From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate you for this xtraordinary achievement. May God keep you happy and healthy, and may justice, someday, find its way to Lydda and Jaffa, and the rest of the bay. 20 May, 1999.

- Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 08:37:53 (PDT)
Name: Said Sukkar
E-mail: <rula.sukkar@cableinet.co.uk>
Comments: First Nuha and then Said noticed that you have not mentioned the exhibition that took place in Dubai /Abu Dhabi The sight is beautiful and we wnjoyed it a lot With lots of love to you both

- Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 08:10:02 (PDT)
Name: Pablo Salah Jaar
E-mail: <rmjaar@itn.cl>
Comments: Please recive my congratulations for your website its very good. Im a Chilean people and I like to know where can I find information about theatre courses in Palestine because I try to go and work there. Thank you for your comments.

- Friday, April 30, 1999 at 18:48:37 (PDT)
Name: SHADY SHUBBAK
E-mail: <SMS03894@PEGASUS.CC.UCF.EDU>
Comments: I AM A GOOD FRIEND OF YOUR NEPHEW BASEL IN ORLANDO. HE HAS INTRODUCED ME TO YOUR WORK AND I MUST SAY IT IS VERY UPLIFTING. IT IS NICE TO SEE PALESTINIANS PORTRAY OUR HERITAGE AS WELL AND AS HONESTLY AS YOU HAVE. TO SEE OUR COUNTRY IN YOUR WORK REMINDS ME VERY MUCH OF THE OLD DAYS AND HOW MUCH I MISS THEM. I APPLAUD YOUR EXCELLENT ATTEMPT TO BRING US CLOSER TO PALESTINE. THANK YOU.

- Friday, April 30, 1999 at 00:07:26 (PDT)
Name: Autumn Barnes
E-mail: <autumn116@juno.com>
Comments: I think that showing all this wonderful srtwork youa re helping us all out, that are seriously intersted in knowing more about ourlove.

- Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 07:26:51 (PDT)
Name: Liron Lustig
E-mail: <liroo@hotmail.com>
Comments: Hello

- Saturday, April 17, 1999 at 14:46:38 (PDT)
Name: Ami Isseroff
E-mail: <ami_iss@netvision.net.il>
Comments: Hello, Visited your site on the recommendation of friend Suhail AbulSamid. I am impressed. Perhaps I will get to see actual paintings in Amman next time I am there. Would you be interested in coming to a conference on dialog through culture to be held in Israel in late June? If so, see you there. Salamaat, Ami Isseroff Rehovot

- Sunday, April 04, 1999 at 13:18:34 (PDT)
Name: nasser aldein sami abu shaaban
E-mail: <nshaaban@mail.iugaza.edu>
Comments: Good after noon Dear sir I was looking for the sea in your paints but icannot find it ;except the waves of people and the angry sky is this the sea you feel or that deep blue colour which was always seen in the first paints, ihope to receive an answer since iam one of the lovers of your work , thank you very much for the great pleasure you gave us by this web site thank you again for remebering those people who forgot that their was a land and apeople of this land . nasser sami

- Sunday, April 04, 1999 at 05:47:28 (PDT)
Name: almondo
E-mail: <almondodefranco@hotmail.com>
Comments: who designied your site, is he Suhail!!!

- Friday, April 02, 1999 at 10:42:56 (PST)
Name: almondo
E-mail: <almondodefranco@hotmail.com>
Comments: who designied your site, is he Suhail!!!

- Friday, April 02, 1999 at 10:42:52 (PST)
Name: Maha Zimmo
E-mail: <mishmish16@hotmail.com>
Comments: Al Salam'o Alaikom. Hello, this is the first time I've ever had the pleasure of seeing a vast array of your art work. You've given my grandfather, Sami Abu-shaban, several of your works over the years and as a little girl visiting Gaza, I grew up both in admiration and in awe of your talent! I hesitate to call my self an artist considering this is addressed to you, but I used to try and duplicate (to the best of me feeble efforts) your works before I could even speak. That's taken me into work of my own- which I'am hoping will take on a life of it's own once I begin doing works depicting Palestine and the life line within. I will continue to visit this site and would love a response- a few words from you would be priceless. Thank you- your works are prolific in their inspirational nature.

- Thursday, April 01, 1999 at 09:39:44 (PST)
Name: Rafic Aoudi
E-mail: <raficaoudi@hotmail.com>
Comments: I am very pleased to se my teacher Ismail Shammout in the website,and I am very glad to se the beutifull pictures of you and yours wife tamam.salam from sweden Rafic Aoudi palestinien artist live in sweden

- Thursday, April 01, 1999 at 02:54:31 (PST)
Name: almondo
E-mail: <almondodefranco@hotmail.com>
Comments: Your site is very well designed, who designed the site. I would like to know

- Thursday, April 01, 1999 at 00:37:47 (PST)
Name: Hala Tareq Jadallah
E-mail: <hjadalla@indiana.edu>
Comments: I got the address of your web site form Ammo Numan Jadallah . The site is very nicely organized and is very pleasant. I appreciated the historical section on art in Palestine. It would be nice if it is possible to make a list of most of the well known palestinian artists. When someone asks me to list names of palestinian artists the only names that come to my mind is yours. On the occassion of Eid ul-adha " Kul Am Wa Antum Be Khair".

- Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 10:33:53 (PST)
Name: Hala Tareq Jadallah
E-mail: <hjadalla@indiana.edu>
Comments: I got the address of your web site form Ammo Numan Jadallah ( my anckle) . The site is very nicely organized and is very pleasant. I appreciated the historical section on art in Palestine. It would be nice if it is possible to make a list of most of the well known palestinian artists. When someone asks me to list names of palestinian artists the only names that come to my mind is yours. On the occassion of Eid ul-adha " Kul Am Wa Antum Be Khair".

- Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 10:32:29 (PST)
Name: Eugene Makhlouf
E-mail: <eugene.makhlouf@mbox300.swipnet.se>
Comments: Happy to have found you at the Net. I will be in touch again. Best wishes and happy remembrances. Eugene PS. Can I have your phone numbers? The Ambassador of Bosnia Dr. Hasan Dervisbegovic is asking about you.

- Tuesday, March 30, 1999 at 02:29:56 (PST)
Name: Mohamed Nezami
Comments: This site is real nice, one of a kind ! www.jarash.com

- Thursday, March 25, 1999 at 20:46:45 (PST)
Name: Asim Fahmi Sawalmeh
E-mail: <alphasystems_sa@compuserve.com>
Comments: a bit of admiration of your fine art from the village of asirah al shamaliyah - nablus

- Thursday, March 25, 1999 at 14:37:08 (PST)
Name: Asim Fahmi Sawalmeh
E-mail: <alphasystems_sa@compuserve.com>
Comments: a bit of admiration of your fine art from the village of asirah al shamaliyah - nablus

- Thursday, March 25, 1999 at 14:34:36 (PST)
Name: Fuad & Hiyam Qubein
E-mail: <mqubein@acsamman.edu.jo>
Comments: Enjoyed seeing you last Friday again. Just browsed through your site. Thoroughly enjoyed your paintings . Best wishes. Kull 'aam wa antum bikheir.

- Thursday, March 25, 1999 at 06:09:13 (PST)
Name: Numan Jadallah
E-mail: <numan@qualitynet.net>
Comments: It is great to find you on the web. Just now I viewed what you have done, I couldn't wait to finish looking for every thing, I felt I need to hug you, but how I can do it on the internet!! :-> <-: anyhow I will do it more better when we meet.

- Wednesday, March 24, 1999 at 01:55:29 (PST)
Name: Mohamed Odah
E-mail: <majdalawi@cyberdude.com>
Comments: From the land of Down Under and the city of the 2000 Olympic games, on behalf of all Australian Palestinians, I'd like to thank you for sharing with all the Palestinians around the glob this beautiful and touching art of yours. Regards, Mohamed Odah

- Tuesday, March 16, 1999 at 05:35:29 (PST)
Name: Dr. Baker Abdel Munem, Palestine Ambassador to Canada
E-mail: <baker@cyberus.ca>
Comments: Hi Ismail & Tamam, Best greetings from the very far west of the globe, CONGRATULATIONS for the new page: "What's NEW". It is a nice idea. Best regards. BaKeR

- Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 07:45:28 (PST)
Name: Jihad Al-Hazineh
E-mail: <Jihada@microsoft.com>
Comments: Once again, great paintings from great artists. I think this webiste should be sponsored and publicized on a global level. This is a great Palestinian accomplishment. Palestinians and others need to know about this site and refer to it. Thank You, Long Live Palestine

- Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 06:47:29 (PST)
Name: Dr.Walid Kamhawi
E-mail: <shammout@go.com.jo>
Comments: OUR DEAREST FRIENDS, ISMAEL & TAMAM WITH FASCINATION, DUJA & I LOOKED AND LOOKED AT YOUR PAINTINGS , SEEING THOSE UNFORGETTABLE FACES- THE SUFFERING OLD, THE PROMISING YOUNG , THE CHARMING DAMSELS AND THE WORRIED MATRONS ...ALL JOINING HANDS WITH THE CREATIVE AND THE BRAVE TO IMMORTALIZE IN A GREAT ARTISTIC WORK OUR PALESTINE. OUR CORDIAL CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WEBSITE , WITH OUR SINCERE WISH THAT YOUR SONS AND THEIRS WILL KEEP THIS TORCH RADIANT FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO COME.

- Friday, March 12, 1999 at 09:16:14 (PST)
Name: Samia A. Halaby
E-mail: <samia@interport.com>
Comments: Ahlan Ismail and Tamam How wonderful to see you site. I will come back and look often. I am very happy to see it and see how beatiful it is in layout. I hope that it will grow and grow and grow. My best and warmest wishes to both of you. Samia

- Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 19:18:09 (PST)
Name: Bassam Abu-Ghazalah
E-mail: <bugazala@nets.com.jo>
Comments: Being again at your lovely site, I just wanted to say Good Morning to both of you. Have not seen you for a long time. We'll soon arrange for an evening together. Good Morning again, Tamam & Ismail. Bassam and, of course, Alia. (She's not at home now.) Fri 5 Mar 99

- Friday, March 05, 1999 at 02:11:23 (PST)
Name: Brad Ducker
E-mail: <bducker@cyberus.ca>
Comments: Beautiful Web site and some great paintings. Enjoyed the site very much. I am a coleague of Sumeya Abushaban in Ottawa, Canada. She suggested I visit your site, and it sure was worth it. Keep up the good work.

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 13:08:11 (PST)
Name: Mohammed Sami Saed Abushaban
E-mail: <msa@ibm.net>
Comments: Name: Mohammed Sami Saed Abushaban - Denver, Colorado E-mail: Comments: Salamu Alykum; I could not help but signe your guest book. I am truly amazed with your beautifull work ... there is no doubt that it is the best. I thank you for the wonderfull art work and wish you all the best for the coming years. Feel free to sign my guest book at http://www.iosphere.net/~msa. - Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 19:51:45 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:32:03 (PST)
Name: Name: Nuha Samey Saeed Abu Shaaban
E-mail: <nuha12@aol.com>
Comments: Name: Nuha Samey Saeed Abu Shaaban E-mail: Comments: Assalamu Alaikum I was so excited when my sister Sumaya told about your web site on the internet. My father is well and he is still residing in Gaza. My mom is doing Ok,she under treament. I was following your news from Dubai TV, and I will always enjoy your paintings and be proud of it. - Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 14:28:13 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:30:21 (PST)
Name: Taghreed A. Najjar
E-mail: <tan@nets.com.jo>
Comments: Name: Taghreed A. Najjar E-mail: Comments: Shakir and I really enjoyed meeting you the other evening at Hatem's house . You have a great website and I enjoyed getting to know all about your work .I have sent your website address to my nephew who is studying art in Chicago . Hope to see you again soon . All the Best Taghreed & Shakir - Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 04:47:53 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:29:17 (PST)
Name: Name: nasser aldein sami abu shaaban
E-mail: <nshaaban@mail.iugaza.edu>
Comments: Name: nasser aldein sami abu shaaban E-mail: Comments: Dear sir assalam alykom i am just trying to tell how much proud we as a family to have some of your first pictures your hand drew good bye nasser sami - Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 00:37:53 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:26:43 (PST)
Name: Name: Sumaya Sami Abushaban
E-mail: <sumeya.abushaban@extvnier01.x400.gc.ca>
Comments: Name: Sumaya Sami Abushaban Palestenian, living in Ottawa Canada E-mail: Comments: Assalamo Alaikum, Regards from Ottawa, Canada and congratulations on the great site. Outstanding home page, I truly enjoyed it very much and I will recommend it to my family and friends. - Monday, March 01, 1999 at 06:40:44 (PST) --------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:24:06 (PST)
Name: Ziad I. AL Masri
E-mail: <ziad@maktoob.com>
Comments: Name: Ziad I. AL Masri E-mail: Comments: Sirs, A short note to say .... a very excellent site that is fit for both of your superb paintings and sketches ........... When is your next exhibition in Amman As always IF THE LOVE OF PALESTINE IS A CRIME ...... THEN LET HISTORY WITNESS THAT I AM A CRIMINAL Ziad - Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 07:38:12 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:22:38 (PST)
Name: Ziad I. AL Masri
E-mail: <ziad@maktoob.com>
Comments: Name: Ziad I. AL Masri E-mail: Comments: Sirs, A short note to say .... a very excellent site that is fit for both of your superb paintings and sketches ........... When is your next exhibition in Amman ? As always IF THE LOVE OF PALESTINE IS A CRIME ...... THEN LET HISTORY WITNESS THAT I AM A CRIMINAL Ziad - Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 07:38:17 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:19:18 (PST)
Name: Name: Hussam Ali
E-mail: <zhani@colba.net>
Comments: Name: Hussam Ali E-mail: zhani@colba.net Comments: Hi guys, Great job! The website looks superb, not to mention the great art !! Thanks, Hussam Ali - Saturday, December 12, 1998 at 07:49:19 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:18:23 (PST)
Name: Samer Hashim Hunaidi
E-mail: <Samer Hashim Hunaidi >
Comments: Name: Samer Hashim Hunaidi Samer Hashim Hunaidi Comments: excellent webpage, we wish you more success life. - Friday, December 11, 1998 at 23:19:54 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:17:39 (PST)
Name: Name: Basel J Shammout
E-mail: <baselshammout@usa.net>
Comments: Name: Basel J Shammout E-mail: baselshammout@usa.net Comments: Great Website, its breath-taking. - Friday, December 11, 1998 at 10:16:45 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:16:47 (PST)
Name: Name: Basel J Shammout
E-mail: <baselshammout@usa.net>
Comments: Name: Basel J Shammout E-mail: baselshammout@usa.net Comments: Great Website, its breath-taking. - Friday, December 11, 1998 at 10:16:45 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:16:42 (PST)
Name: Madlien Abou-Shaban
E-mail: <mashaban@newbridge.com>
Comments: Name: Madlien Abou-Shaban E-mail: mashaban@newbridge.com Comments: I've long searched for a web site that captures the best of Ismaeil & Tamam Shammout work. I finaly found it. Thank you. - Tuesday, December 08, 1998 at 12:45:51 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:15:54 (PST)
Name: Bilal Shammout
E-mail: < bilalsh@microsoft.com>
Comments: Name: Bilal Shammout E-mail: bilalsh@microsoft.com Comments: Words cannot possibly express my feelings. I guess the only thing to say is that are three people in this world that are prouder than Ismail and Tamam Shammout of their work. Those three people are their sons Yazid, Bashar, and Bilal. - Saturday, December 05, 1998 at 23:03:18 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:15:05 (PST)
Name: Mohammad A. Rahman Al Hunaidi
E-mail: <maralhunaidi@yahoo.com>
Comments: Name: Mohammad A. Rahman Al Hunaidi E-mail: maralhunaidi@yahoo.com Comments: I am very impressed of your fine work. Wish you all the best - Saturday, December 05, 1998 at 02:41:52 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:14:18 (PST)
Name: JACOB A. ABU-ZEID
E-mail: <JAOBABUZEID@webtv.net>
Comments: Name: JACOB A. ABU-ZEID E-mail: JAOBABUZEID@webtv.net Comments: Very nice and impressive home page, loved the links and the information.Best wishes.........Jacob - Friday, November 27, 1998 at 21:18:00 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:12:10 (PST)
Name: Karam Tannous
E-mail: < KTannous@aol.com>
Comments: Name: Karam Tannous E-mail: KTannous@aol.com Comments: I am glad as a Palestinian to see our homeland represented in your web site and through your brush I my eyes travel over the colorful landscape of Palestine in the Spring and make me touch the Olive tree of Lydda and smell the fresh aroma of Jaffa. I commend both you Isamil and Tamam for such outstanding work and I have faith in our artists to do more justice than our politicians for they can morally transend our cause to much higher level. I have seen all your paintings on the web site and I sense beauty in each one of them, however I didn't find any trace to your (our) hometown Lydda ....such as the cactus, Hawouz ilmay, Jiser Dhaher Baibars, Dahmash Mosque or Khader Church, ilwad, or Bir Zebaa'. I am sure they mean something to you and they were part of your childhood when you were first introduced to painting. I even heard that one of your first paitntings is/was a mural on the wall of a barbershop in Lydda. Again, congratulate you and your wife and keep up the good work ya iben baladi Karam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:10:57 (PST)
Name: Taiseer Taher Sakallah
E-mail: <Taher@globalserve.net>
Comments: Name: Taiseer Taher Sakallah E-mail: Taher@globalserve.net Comments: You and Naji Al-Ali are the best Palestinian artists who expressed in their paintings very impressive life of palestinian people after " Nakba ". Please read the arabic attachement enclosed in my e-mail. best regards Taiseer Taher Sakallah Halifax,N.S. Canada - Saturday, December 05, 1998 at 17:03:13 (PST) -----------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:10:09 (PST)
Name: Mohammad A. Rahman Al Hunaid
E-mail: <maralhunaidi@yahoo.com>
Comments: Name: Mohammad A. Rahman Al Hunaidi E-mail: maralhunaidi@yahoo.com Comments: I am very impressed of your fine work. Wish you all the best - Saturday, December 05, 1998 at 02:41:52 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:09:28 (PST)
Name: Hans-Dieter Queren
E-mail: <hans-dieter.queren@bertelsmann.de>
Comments: Name: Hans-Dieter Queren E-mail: hans-dieter.queren@bertelsmann.de Comments: Mr.Shammout, I am glad to have a computer painting from you. It is a highlight in my living room. - Friday, December 04, 1998 at 07:12:35 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:08:44 (PST)
Name: steve gunte
E-mail: < sgunter@comp.uark.edu>
Comments: Name: steve gunter E-mail: sgunter@comp.uark.edu Comments: I shall certainly share this site with my Global studies students on the morrow...Thanks for such excellent work...Peace in every step you take..sgunter History teacher...Arkansas. - Tuesday, December 01, 1998 at 16:33:56 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:07:55 (PST)
Name: Maysoon Salem
E-mail: <yarob1@hotmail.com>
Comments: Name: Maysoon Salem E-mail: yarob1@hotmail.com Comments: My dearest Ismail & Tammam , you will not believe how much i was happy when i saw this great website , i tell all my family that those great ismail and tammam i had seen them at my college in an-najah university , (i'm astudent in the last year at alfonon department ) and i want to tell you that i do remember each word you say , and i visit the exhibition that you send it by the computer and it was really so fantastic . i don't want to end my words but... you know !!! i do realy hope that you and your wife visit us a gain and finally i wish to you a good healthy and a good luck for you and tammam yours student Maysoon - Thursday, November 26, 1998 at 09:39:29 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:07:00 (PST)
Name: Karam Tannous
E-mail: <KTannous@aol.com>
Comments: Name: Karam Tannous E-mail: KTannous@aol.com Comments: I am glad as a Palestinian to see our homeland represented in your web site and through your brush I my eyes travel over the colorful landscape of Palestine in the Spring and make me touch the Olive tree of Lydda and smell the fresh aroma of Jaffa. I commend both you Isamil and Tamam for such outstanding work and I have faith in our artists to do more justice than our politicians for they can morally transend our cause to much higher level. I have seen all your paintings on the web site and I sense beauty in each one of them, however I didn't find any trace to your (our) hometown Lydda ....such as the cactus, Hawouz ilmay, Jiser Dhaher Baibars, Dahmash Mosque or Khader Church, ilwad, or Bir Zebaa'. I am sure they mean something to you and they were part of your childhood when you were first introduced to painting. I even heard that one of your first paitntings is/was a mural on the wall of a barbershop in Lydda. Again, congratulate you and your wife and keep up the good work ya iben baladi Karam. - Wednesday, November 25, 1998 at 18:22:57 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:05:59 (PST)
Name: HANIA QUTUB
E-mail: < HQUTUB@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
Comments: Name: HANIA QUTUB E-mail: HQUTUB@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU Comments: iMPRESSIVE WORK, TO SAY THE LEAST. pLEASE KEEP ME UPDATED IF YOU HAVE ANY EXIHIBITONS - Friday, November 20, 1998 at 13:56:34 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:05:09 (PST)
Name: Salman Al-Hasan
E-mail: <shasan@Inso.com>
Comments: Name: Salman Al-Hasan E-mail: shasan@Inso.com Comments: God bless the hands that paint our Suffuring,our pains and our hopes for the beter future in our own land under our own sun,creating our own dreams ............one of the best sitee on the Internet so far....keep the good work..Salman - Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 13:09:57 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:04:17 (PST)
Name: Virginia Tahboub
E-mail: <RManor6591@aol.com>
Comments: Name: Virginia Tahboub E-mail: RManor6591@aol.com Comments: Your artwork has graced our home for years. You have been in Kuwait with us, the West Bank, and for the last 20 years in the USA. Thank you for this wonderful website, where we can all enjoy all of your work. Peace, always. Virginia Tahboub - Tuesday, November 17, 1998 at 03:29:55 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:03:35 (PST)
Name: bas jansen-the netherlands
E-mail: < bas jansen-the netherlands>
Comments: Name: bas jansen-the netherlands Comments: Found your exhibition-site through a palestinian friend in Al Quds. Like it a lot, please continue, will visit it more often. salaam, bas - Thursday, November 12, 1998 at 09:01:23 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:02:47 (PST)
Name: Dr.Nadine Abdullah
E-mail: <931124@ican.ne>
Comments: Name: Dr.Nadine Abdullah E-mail: 931124@ican.net Comments: This website makes is a proud contribution to our Palestinian Heritage. Thank you. - Wednesday, November 11, 1998 at 15:09:26 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:01:35 (PST)
Name: Abu Nizar
E-mail: <Sakher@fateh.ne>
Comments: Name: Abu Nizar E-mail: Sakher@fateh.net Comments: To Ismail and Tamam They said, a bird in hand is better than ten on the tree We said, a bired is the best when it is free Congratulation,all your birds are now out of the cage Since you free them through the Shammout HomePage. Abu Nizar - Wednesday, November 11, 1998 at 13:52:19 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 00:00:20 (PST)
Name: NADER ABULJEBAIN
E-mail: <ABULJEBAIN@AOL.COM>
Comments: Name: NADER ABULJEBAIN E-mail: ABULJEBAIN@AOL.COM Comments: CONGRATULATIONS, ON YOUR NEW WEB SITE, IT IS NEEDED TO REMIND US WITH OUR HERITAGE AND CULTURE. I AM GLAD THAT IT IS ON THE INTERNET TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW ARE WE AS PALESTINIANS ARE EDUCATED AND SOPHISTECATED PEOPLE THAT WILL RETURN TO THE HOMELAND OF JAFFA AND LYDDA. WHEATHER ABU AMMAR LIKES IT OR NOT. HONORED TO KNOW YOU BY THE WAY, DINA, KHAIRY, AND OSAMA SEND THEIR REGARDS TO YOU BOTH AND THE FAMILY. NADER - Tuesday, November 10, 1998 at 04:25:27 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 23:59:18 (PST)
Name: Ali Al
E-mail: <ali@ali48.freeserve.co.uk>
Comments: Name: Ali Ali E-mail: ali@ali48.freeserve.co.uk Comments: Beautiful messages embedded in beautiful pictures. - Monday, November 09, 1998 at 13:14:52 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:45:44 (PST)
Name: Ghassan Marouf
E-mail: <a-gusmar@microsoft.com>
Comments: Name: Ghassan Marouf E-mail: a-gusmar@microsoft.com Comments: I am very glad to know about your web site. your paintings are worth more than a million words. You make me proud of you as a Palestinian Artist. Have you thought of an International exhibit? how can we help? Good Luck... - Monday, November 09, 1998 at 12:26:07 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:44:44 (PST)
Name: vera Tamari
E-mail: <vera@baraka.org>
Comments: Name: vera Tamari E-mail: vera@baraka.org Comments: Congratulations. You have transended with your web site all the difficult bounderies which seperate us.Its nice to have your works so accesable here and with us in Palestine. I still need to do many more visits to your site but the first one was very pleasureable. Good luck wa mishtaqeen. Vera - Monday, November 09, 1998 at 05:27:13 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:43:38 (PST)
Name: Ruba Abdul Ghan
E-mail: <collage@go.com.jo>
Comments: Name: Ruba Abdul Ghani E-mail: collage@go.com.jo Comments: Mabrook for the site. Good work.. - Sunday, November 08, 1998 at 06:53:50 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:43:00 (PST)
Name: Luisa Morgantin
E-mail: < MC6381@mclink.it>
Comments: Name: Luisa Morgantini E-mail: MC6381@mclink.it Comments: Thank you very much for your effort. Palestinian art and artists deserve all our interest. I will visit you site more deeply, now i write only to say thank you. LUISA MORGANTINI spokesperson Italian Peace Association Corso Trieste,36 - 00198 - roma - italy tel. 0039-06-85262422 fax 0039-06-85262422 - Sunday, November 08, 1998 at 06:13:16 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:42:10 (PST)
Name: Mohammad Ghunaim
E-mail: <mgnaim@hotmail.com>
Comments: Name: Mohammad Ghunaim E-mail: mgnaim@hotmail.com Comments: When we craying we can make our smile but not on the earth that i love our sky only and i see it in the colour of your baint...and your baint hade arest in my sea... - Saturday, November 07, 1998 at 10:49:04 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:41:02 (PST)
Name: Qasem,Bassam dr. med.
E-mail: < i8qaba@pluto.rz.uni-jena.de>
Comments: Name: Qasem,Bassam dr. med. E-mail: i8qaba@pluto.rz.uni-jena.de Comments: Ich bin sprachlos und begeistert von dieser grosartigen Arbeit,die ihr geleistet habt.Ich bin sher stolz auf euch und lasst mich einfach sagen vielen vielen Dank. Ich schrieb dies in deutscher Sprache,da ihr in Deutschland wart und dies lesen und verstehen konnt. Am Ende sage ich alles Gute und macht weiter so. Euer Bassam ,Universität Jena ,Deutschland. - Friday, November 06, 1998 at 07:08:32 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:40:20 (PST)
Name: Qasem,Bassam dr. med.
E-mail: < i8qaba@pluto.rz.uni-jena.de >
Comments: Name: Qasem,Bassam dr. med. E-mail: i8qaba@pluto.rz.uni-jena.de Comments: Ich bin sprachlos und begeistert von dieser grosartigen Arbeit,die ihr geleistet habt.Ich bin sher stolz auf euch und lasst mich einfach sagen vielen vielen Dank. Ich schrieb dies in deutscher Sprache,da ihr in Deutschland wart und dies lesen und verstehen konnt. Am Ende sage ich alles Gute und macht weiter so. Euer Bassam ,Universität Jena ,Deutschland. - Friday, November 06, 1998 at 07:08:25 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:39:34 (PST)
Name: George E. Malk
E-mail: <gmalki@hotmail.com>
Comments: Name: George E. Malki E-mail: gmalki@hotmail.com Comments: I am really pleased to see such an interesting web site giving the world an idea about two of the best Palestinian artists who fought for the cause of Palestine through their art. Well done and congratulations. George Malki. - Friday, November 06, 1998 at 06:50:17 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:38:54 (PST)
Name: Nabil Khatib
E-mail: <nkhatib@media-nkhatib.net>
Comments: Name: Nabil Khatib E-mail: nkhatib@media-nkhatib.net Comments: Dear Tamam & Ismail , I'm very happy to see your site on the web , It is nice done , happy for you and proude of it yours Nabil - Thursday, November 05, 1998 at 08:43:43 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:38:09 (PST)
Name: Alan Bai
E-mail: <alanbail@juno.com>
Comments: Name: Alan Bail E-mail: alanbail@juno.com Comments: Your site is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your experience and vision with me, and all who visit your page. I hope to share its existance with many here in Los Angeles, California, USA. Best wishes, Alan Bail - Thursday, November 05, 1998 at 01:19:36 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:37:28 (PST)
Name: Latif Amara
E-mail: < microt@ncc.moc.com>
Comments: Name: Latif Amara E-mail: microt@ncc.moc.com Comments: Alf Mabrook, I am so happy to see your home page and it makes me feel so much closer to you, our culture and history. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share all this beauty with us. Love Latif Amara - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 21:34:46 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:36:44 (PST)
Name: suzan al masr
E-mail: <razan@totalnet.com>
Comments: Name: suzan al masri E-mail: razan@totalnet.com Comments: to my dearest artests: Ismail and tamam! hi! I'm so happy to see your wonderful painting pics. that make's me feel that I'm in my home, between my family, friends and teachers. I wish you the best wishes ever. and wish Palestine comes back for all of us. with all my love SUZAN AND HER FAMILY. 4-11-98 MONTERIAL-CANADA - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 19:29:08 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:36:02 (PST)
Name: khaled Aljama
E-mail: <khaled@odessa.ne>
Comments: Name: khaled Aljamal E-mail: khaled@odessa.net Comments: ÕÝÍÇÊ äÝÊÎÑ ÈåÇ æáßä Ãíä . ÇááÛÉ ÇáÚÑÈíÉ¿! - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 13:24:38 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:35:16 (PST)
Name: David Saah
E-mail: <dsaah@nature.berkeley.edu>
Comments: Name: David Saah E-mail: dsaah@nature.berkeley.edu Comments: I just wanted to say, Thank You. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 11:17:48 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:34:31 (PST)
Name: Yosef
E-mail: <Yosef0065@aol.com>
Comments: Name: Yosef E-mail: < Yosef0065@aol.com Comments: Hi ,,, Thank you. I like to share a little story with you which why your name is stuck in my mind. I am a Palestinian born and raised in Lebanon. When I was 9-10 years old my older sister was very good in school and she awarded one of your painting (We shall return). We hang that beautiful picture on the wall and I remember looking at and saw your name on it. Even though i dont know anything about paintings or arts, but obviousely that picture meant alot of things for me. I didnt know the title of the painting then. I wish you the best of luck in your work and hopefully one day you will come to the US and visit Insha'allah. Salam Yosef Abuneaj - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 06:01:03 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:33:47 (PST)
Name: Bassam Abu-Ghazalah
E-mail: < bugazala@nets.com.jo>
Comments: Name: Bassam Abu-Ghazalah E-mail: < bugazala@nets.com.jo Comments: Congratulations, Ismail & Tamam! I'm honoured to visit you at your Web Home. Hope to visit you at your Lydd & Yafa Homes! I have not strolled thru the corners of yr site, yet. When I do, I'll come back with my comment. But I already know that artists of your caliber will produce the best artistic site on the Web. All the best wishes. Bassam Abu-Ghazalah bugazala@nets.com.jo - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:57:00 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:33:07 (PST)
Name: Yara El-Ghadban
E-mail: < yara@cedep.ne>
Comments: Name: Yara El-Ghadban E-mail: < yara@cedep.net Comments: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Shammout, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the wonderful web site you have created. My name is Yara El-Ghadban and I am a student majoring in classical music at the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. I had the opportunity to explore your website . I would like to express my gratitude for allowing palestinian art to be known and appreciated. I especially enjoyed reading about the history of palestinian art and its evolution in the last century. It is truely inspiring to read about palestinian and arabic pioneers who have put forth a beautiful way to express our identity. Finally, I enourage you to keep updating the website for I will be refering to it numerous times and recomending it to others. Bless you for your efforts... Yours Truely Yara El-Ghadban E-mail: yara@cedep.net - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:55:19 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:32:22 (PST)
Name: Khaled Assal
E-mail: <kassali@amin.org>
Comments: Name: Khaled Assali E-mail: < kassali@amin.org Comments: Salamat, I just visited your site and had to write to say congratulations and thank you. As much as it is important to produce artwork it is also important to promote it. We as Palestinians must use our artwork to promote our culture and cause to other peoples. Your web site is a fine example of how to do it. I hope you keep updating it and I wish you continued success. Khaled - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:52:03 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:31:29 (PST)
Name: Wolfgang Buddrus
E-mail: <Wolfgang.Buddrus@t-online.de>
Comments: Name: Wolfgang Buddrus E-mail: Wolfgang.Buddrus@t-online.de Comments: Dear Tamam and dear Ismail, I just visited your Web Site but was unable to make an entry in your guest book. I'm afraid it is not working yet. I am happy to have found you and to see that you both are still productive. And I hope you are in good health too. I remembered well most of your older paintings, especially those created in Berlin. Now I viewed your latest works, and I really like them all. Only a short time ago I talked to Klaus Polkehn and we remembered your stay in Berlin. You still have a lot of friends here. And a smaller circle of activists for the Palestinian cause has formed the association Vereinigung der Freunde Palaestinas. Tonight I have sent your Internet address to all my friends. I am sure they will visit your site. I wish you all the best. Wolfgang Buddrus - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:49:31 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:30:42 (PST)
Name: George Salameh
E-mail: < embpal@tmx.com.ni>
Comments: Name: George Salameh E-mail: embpal@tmx.com.ni Comments: Dear Mrs. SHAMOUT Congratulations for your web page; really it is very important, quick and good designed, also it will be very helpfull for us. I wish you the best George Salameh Palestine Ambassador in Nicaragua - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:47:18 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:29:49 (PST)
Name: Ized-Din Sanduga
E-mail: <sanduga@telusplanet.ne>
Comments: Name: Ized-Din Sanduga E-mail: sanduga@telusplanet.net Comments: am very happy and pleased with your Atr work, its a Gifts to mankind and a vey important Histy of our Home land Palistine. Are intrested in doing an exibit in Canada, or Norty America, We may be able to help in making arrangement for you Once again, I thank you for your contribution to the Palastinan History and to the Arab Culteral, Good luck and God bless you all Ized-Din Sanduga - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:45:03 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:28:58 (PST)
Name: joyce bacon USA
E-mail: <nelsbacon@earthlink.net>
Comments: Name: joyce bacon USA E-mail: nelsbacon@earthlink.net Comments: I was unable to submit my entry on the guest book on your new site as a notice appeared that it is not on this server. I was writing to congratulate you on your wonderful paintings and sketches, and on the beautifuly way they are presented on your new site. The stories that are conveyed by your art so desperately needs to be told, and what a wonderful way to do it. PEACE joyce bacon USA - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:43:35 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:28:07 (PST)
Name: Yosef Abunea
E-mail: <Yosef0065@aol.com>
Comments: Name: Yosef Abuneaj E-mail: Yosef0065@aol.com Comments: Hello there,,,, I enjoyed visiting your web site, its excellent and pleasant to the eyes. I have seen some of your work in the past and really love your works. I tried to sign your guest book, but got an error when i clicked on sumbit. I am very excited that you shared some of your great work on the web. I will add your home page to mine and will tell everyone i know about it. Take care and God bless you. Salam Yosef Abuneaj - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:41:31 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:27:20 (PST)
Name: modah@one.net.au
E-mail: <modah@one.net.au>
Comments: Name: modah@one.net.au E-mail: modah@one.net.au Comments: "Let me congratulate you both on this great site. I am very impressed with your art work and glad that you deciding to share it with the rest of us." What a small world, Mohamed Odah - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:40:00 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:26:35 (PST)
Name: Dr Khalil Nazzal
E-mail: < Dalia@zigzag.p>
Comments: Name: Dr Khalil Nazzal, Warsaw, Poland E-mail: Dalia@zigzag.pl Comments: Your painting (Ya Akh Ismail) "Palestine - a land cruicified" is one of the most "permanenet" elemts of my home here in Warsaw. Now I can see more "live" paintings (with my children: Jehad and Dalia) through this electronic "Sandooq Al- 'Ajab"I think it will be a very valuable lesson of history - our history! Thank you again for this good idea. Tahiyyatee Lakum Dr Khalil Nazzal, Warsaw, Poland Dalia@zigzag.pl http://www.promail.pl/~nazzal - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:38:05 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:25:50 (PST)
Name: Jihad
E-mail: <jihada@microsoft.com>
Comments: Name: Jihad E-mail: jihada@microsoft.com Comments: "Great Site. My deepest respect to you for this idea as we need to educate the world about Palestinain art and artisits. I'm proud to see your website goes alive. Few thumb nail pictures are not linked correctly to their pictures. (i-sket-9, 10, ..). It would be nice to see two things on your website: 1. Arabized Site(Arabic Text) 2. A very Palestinian design of your own (i.e. Palestinian flag or 7attah, Aksa, ...) that would send a storng message that is a Palestinian site for a great Artisit Family from Palestine. Jihada - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:35:38 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:25:02 (PST)
Name: Khaled & Reema Al-Nba
E-mail: <world@attcanada.net>
Comments: Name: Khaled & Reema Al-Nbar E-mail: world@attcanada.net Comments: I have been forwarded by a friend your site address for the first time. I have enjoyed your wonderful taste in the Palestinian Art. Just wanted to tell you that I personally admire the work you have done and I will make sure to always visit your site. Such efforts make us believe we are very close to home despite the fact that we are thousands of miles away. Regards :) - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:31:37 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:24:15 (PST)
Name: Al-Nasher, Sa'ad Abdulhad
E-mail: <alnasher@p-ol.com>
Comments: Name: Al-Nasher, Sa'ad Abdulhadi E-mail: alnasher@p-ol.com Comments: Dear Abu Yazeed, Om Yazeed, congratulations, It is very nice to be able to see all what I have seen on the net and it is a very important sigte which will add an important example on the Palestinian art on the net. congratulations and best rgerads sa'd - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:29:58 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:23:26 (PST)
Name: Nico-laa
E-mail: < nico@fibeiti.demon.n>
Comments: Name: Nico-laas E-mail: nico@fibeiti.demon.nl Comments: I still have a deeply engraved impression on my soul and mind about the works of art which I have seen in your studio. Maybe you remember, I was very emotionally shocked by what you witnessed to the canvas. Sure, I have read the newspapers during the last twenty-five years. And believed that I was quite well informed about the situation in the Middle East. I have to admit: I was informed but only in a, so to speak, actual way. I did not know anything about what happened on th elevel of "human suffering". Till I saw your paintings. being face to face with them, in front of the big frames on which they were stretched, my heart could not escape from the anguish and pain which they expressed so deeply. I remember your paintings daily. And even more I ask myself: Why have your works of art never (as far as I know!!!) been exposed in Holland? This side of the history must become more known here in Europe. Of course, any historian can write a book about this period of time. But paint-on-canvas reaches further more than printed letters-on-paper. Art means beautiness and beautiness connects easily two different souls. Art as a means to reach human understanding, art is capable of unrevealing our human equality in spite of the appearance if differences. For this reason I address myself towards both of you. I have no specific idea or programm but something is keeping my soul and mind so busy all the days after my visit to your house. It sounds more or less like a voice which remembers me every day: "Your eyes are a witness now. What are you going to do as a testimony?" I would like to make you familiar with this whispering sound in my memory. Maybe you hear the same words coming to your mind. If this is happening indeed, I would like to extend my hand to you and offer you my willingness to cooperate with you: a cooperation which will lead to an exhibition of your works of art in Amsterdam. I am prepared! Please, accept my feelings of friendship, my respect and my admiration for your artistic achievements! I like to hear from you. In dignity, Nico (-laas). - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 05:26:34 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:22:34 (PST)
Name: Baher Alashhab
E-mail: < balash@geneva-link.c>
Comments: Name: Baher Alashhab E-mail: balash@geneva-link.ch Comments: I love your web site. Y'ateek al-afyeh. Salam to all Palestinian artists and I hope they remain in good spirit despite the horrid times we live in Baher http://members.xoom.com/arabrights/index.html - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 04:21:07 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:21:39 (PST)
Name: Bayan
E-mail: < bayan@cyberia.net.lb>
Comments: Name: Bayan E-mail: bayan@cyberia.net.lb Comments: Dearest Tamam & Ismail, It is such a great thing you have acheived, I can't tell how much impressed I am. Again, congratulations. We love you............ bayan + chafic - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 02:23:48 (PST) --------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:20:51 (PST)
Name: Tareq Abu Lughod
E-mail: <Tareq@nol.com.jo>
Comments: Name: Tareq Abu Lughod E-mail: Tareq@nol.com.jo Comments: Dearest Ismail and Tamam, If Palestine were alive, you would be her favorite children... Alas, life is brought upon her through your commitment to excellence and distinction ... Let the world know that Palestine is alive through the finest of her children : Ismail and Tamam Shammout. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 02:18:21 (PST) --------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:20:08 (PST)
Name: Anan Zeetaw
E-mail: <zeetawi@yahoo.com>
Comments: Name: Anan Zeetawi E-mail: zeetawi@yahoo.com Comments: visited your web site and thank you for your effort uncle. I am from Zeeta Toulkarem in Palestine i am aged 22 male and i am a teacher now please email me at zeetawi@yahoo.com excuse me for my bad english language i hope you to achieve more progress at your work ANAN ZEETAWI - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 02:14:25 (PST) Name: ANWAR SACCA E-mail: lotus@elite.com.jo Comments: Dear Mr. Shammout, Mabrook ! Congratulations for your website, which I did browse tonight thoroughly. I wish you all success with Mrs. Tamam. One remark only. What about changing the ground color of the first page ( The light orange ). I know why you did select the " Jaffa Orange " color, but the contrast with the script was too pale and shady . Again , please accept my cordial felicitations and good wishes. ANWAR SACCA of the " Jaffa Society for Social Development- Amman " - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 02:11:20 (PST) ----------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:19:22 (PST)
Name: ANWAR SACCA
E-mail: < lotus@elite.com.jo>
Comments: Name: ANWAR SACCA E-mail: lotus@elite.com.jo Comments: Dear Mr. Shammout, Mabrook ! Congratulations for your website, which I did browse tonight thoroughly. I wish you all success with Mrs. Tamam. One remark only. What about changing the ground color of the first page ( The light orange ). I know why you did select the " Jaffa Orange " color, but the contrast with the script was too pale and shady . Again , please accept my cordial felicitations and good wishes. ANWAR SACCA of the " Jaffa Society for Social Development- Amman " - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 02:11:12 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 08:18:07 (PST)
Name: Ghadeer Khoury
E-mail: <ghadeer@arabia.com>
Comments: Name: Ghadeer Khoury E-mail: ghadeer@arabia.com Comments: Congratulations on the great site. Wish you both happiness and more success. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 00:46:26 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 03:18:59 (PST)
Name: Bilal Al-Khatib
E-mail: <bilal_14@yahoo.com>
Comments: Name: Bilal Al-Khatib E-mail: bilal_14@yahoo.com Comments: Lovely Site. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 00:36:09 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Wednesday, March 03, 1999 at 03:16:52 (PST)
Name: Mohammed Sami Saed Abushaban - Denver, Colorado
E-mail: <msa@ibm.net>
Comments: Salamu Alykum; I could not help but signe your guest book. I am truly amazed with your beautifull work ... there is no doubt that it is the best. I thank you for the wonderfull art work and wish you all the best for the coming years. Feel free to sign my guest book at http://www.iosphere.net/~msa.

- Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 19:51:45 (PST)
Name: Nuha Samey Saeed Abu Shaaban
E-mail: <nuha12@aol.com>
Comments: Assalamu Alaikum I was so excited when my sister Sumaya told about your web site on the internet. My father is well and he is still residing in Gaza. My mom is doing Ok,she is under treatment. I was following your news from Dubai TV, and I will always enjoy your paintings and be proud of it.

- Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 14:30:26 (PST)
Name: Nuha Samey Saeed Abu Shaaban
E-mail: <nuha12@aol.com>
Comments: Assalamu Alaikum I was so excited when my sister Sumaya told about your web site on the internet. My father is well and he is still residing in Gaza. My mom is doing Ok,she under treament. I was following your news from Dubai TV, and I will always enjoy your paintings and be proud of it.

- Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 14:28:13 (PST)
Name: Taghreed A. Najjar
E-mail: <tan@nets.com.jo>
Comments: Shakir and I really enjoyed meeting you the other evening at Hatem's house . You have a great website and I enjoyed getting to know all about your work .I have sent your website address to my nephew who is studying art in Chicago . Hope to see you again soon . All the Best Taghreed & Shakir

- Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 04:47:53 (PST)
Name: nasser aldein sami abu shaaban
E-mail: <nshaaban@mail.iugaza.edu>
Comments: Dear sir assalam alykom i am just trying to tell how much proud we as a family to have some of your first pictures your hand drew good bye nasser sami

- Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 00:37:53 (PST)
Name: Sumaya Sami Abushaban Palestenian, living in Ottawa Canada
E-mail: <sumeya.abushaban@extvnier01.x400.gc.ca>
Comments: Assalamo Alaikum, Regards from Ottawa, Canada and congratulations on the great site. Outstanding home page, I truly enjoyed it very much and I will recommend it to my family and friends.

- Monday, March 01, 1999 at 06:40:44 (PST)
Name: Name: Hind Jarrah, Ph.D.
E-mail: < E-mail: Hind Jarrah>
Comments: Name: Hind Jarrah, Ph.D. E-mail: Hind Jarrah Comments: Dear Sirs. Your work is tremendous! Regards and Best wishes always. Hind Jarrah, Ph.D. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 02:06:23 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Sunday, February 28, 1999 at 15:42:28 (PST)
Name: Name: Ghadeer Khoury
E-mail: < E-mail: ghadeer@arabia.com>
Comments: Name: Ghadeer Khoury E-mail: ghadeer@arabia.com Comments: Congratulations on the great site. Wish you both happiness and more success. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 00:46:26 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Sunday, February 28, 1999 at 15:40:35 (PST)
Name: Name: Ghadeer Khoury
E-mail: < E-mail: ghadeer@arabia.com>
Comments: Name: Ghadeer Khoury E-mail: ghadeer@arabia.com Comments: Congratulations on the great site. Wish you both happiness and more success. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 00:46:26 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Sunday, February 28, 1999 at 15:40:14 (PST)
Name: Name: Bilal Al-Khatib
E-mail: < E-mail: bilal_14@yahoo.com>
Comments: Name: Bilal Al-Khatib E-mail: bilal_14@yahoo.com Comments: Lovely Site. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 00:36:09 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Sunday, February 28, 1999 at 15:37:27 (PST)
Name: Bilal Al-Khatib
E-mail: < E-mail: bilal_14@yahoo.com>
Comments: Name: Bilal Al-Khatib E-mail: bilal_14@yahoo.com Comments: Lovely Site. - Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 00:36:09 (PST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Sunday, February 28, 1999 at 15:35:12 (PST)
Name: Ziad I. AL Masri
E-mail: <ziad@maktoob.com>
Comments: Sirs, A short note to say .... a very excellent site that is fit for both of your superb paintings and sketches ........... When is your next exhibition in Amman ? As always IF THE LOVE OF PALESTINE IS A CRIME ...... THEN LET HISTORY WITNESS THAT I AM A CRIMINAL Ziad

- Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 07:38:17 (PST)
Name: Ziad I. AL Masri
E-mail: <ziad@maktoob.com>
Comments: Sirs, A short note to say .... a very excellent site that is fit for both of your superb paintings and sketches ........... When is your next exhibition in Amman As always IF THE LOVE OF PALESTINE IS A CRIME ...... THEN LET HISTORY WITNESS THAT I AM A CRIMINAL Ziad

- Saturday, February 27, 1999 at 07:38:12 (PST)