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I am a painter, writer and film maker. I was born in Afghanistan and raised in America. Art is not just my passion but it is my breath, my love and the only thing that I think of every moment of the day and sometime even in sleep, the only thing that moves my heart and mind and soul. It has been so since I can remember. I was born in Kabul and my parents moved to USA when I was in 7th grade. I grew up in Town of Herndon in Virginia and went to elementary school, High School and College in Virginia and received my BA in Fine Arts and film directing from George Mason University. Growing up I was very close to my father who adored me, but he did not approve of my love for the arts and wished I would study to become a doctor. However thru sheer persistent and support of my beloved mother I was able to continue on the path. I have been painting since age four. After graduating from college my brother and I(whom I love very much and who has always supported me, understood me and my best friend) moved to New York City to pursue my dream of being an artist and film maker. During our time in NYC I finished two documentaries and one feature length film which was an Oscar contender at the Academy Awards as the first Afghan Film to enter the competition. I also attended New York University Tisch School of the arts and received an advanced script writing degree and completed a film script, a science fiction love story which was received with much praise by the NYU Dean and my Professor, but all the while continuing to paint and apprentice under different teachers and studying techniques of art and educating myself in all fields associated with arts such as writing, poetry, cinema, theater, dancing, music, photography, sculpture, conceptual art, performance art, Land art, and so much more. There after I have worked on many different art projects and art ideas and proposals and traveled extensively learning always about the world of knowledge, wisdom, and ways of the universe and people. In the last five years I have finished several large body of collection of art combining all these different elements to project my thought, in a quest to answer the larger mysteries of life such as God, Love in Modern times, life and death, and my most recent work entitled "On the edge of Eternity" which deals with the subject of meaning and purpose of life. I will always and forever follow this path.