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Ayman - Gothic SurrealismPosted by finkployd in
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Here are some exclusive captures of Ayman's latest workings.
Ayman is a young Lebanese artist. And a light breached the shadows, scattered my eyes with a blinding glow. I stare with bright eyes towards this majestic perfection and I fall to my knees weakened by my restless desire. Tears shined as sorrow bled onto my aging figure. I hear it call me and it draws me as my mind spread wide with thoughts of “what if”. -ayman forsaken  (oil on canson paper) a Blackened Spirit Reaching for Starlight  (pencil sketch) Setting RecordsKafalat to the rescue: Help is on the way for bombed businessesPosted by finkployd in
Info  Kafalat offers low-to-no interest loans to help businesses pick the pieces up. Inciting Peace? -finkployd Thursday, March 31, 2005 BEIRUT: Banks and industrialists rushed to rescue some of the businesses that were affected by the recent string of bomb attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday. Kafalat, a state-sponsored organization, offered merchants and industrialists soft loans with almost zero percent interest. Khater Abu Habib, the head of Kafalat, told reporters at the headquarters of Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) that merchants and industrialists who lost their livelihoods following the bomb attacks are entitled to apply for these soft loans so long as their documents and papers were in order. Kafalat was founded by the government and the Central Bank few years ago to grant soft loans to small and medium size businesses. The Central Bank guarantees up to 75 percent of these loans while the rest is covered by commercial banks. Abu Habib said that beneficiaries of these loans can receive up to LL300 million ($200,000) over seven-year periods, and that borrowers are exempted from paying anything in the first year. A massive bomb on March 26 at an industrial complex in Sad al-Bouchrieh, north of Beirut, left many shops and industrial buildings in total ruin. Another bomb in the Kaslik area caused havoc to many shops and business offices, prompting calls by trade associations to tighten security and compensate the institutions that were damaged by these attacks. Abu Habib added that applicants can apply for these loans to buy new equipment or repair some of the damages. On his part, the president of ABL said that commercial banks are willing to reschedule some of the loans of these customers who were affected by the bomb attacks. He added that banks will take into consideration the delicate situation of the country, expressing confidence that the political climate will improve eventually. The president of the Lebanese Industrialist Association, Fady Abboud, said the association would establish a special fund to raise money for Sad al-Bouchrieh, warning that industry in Lebanon has already suffered a lot from competition, high cost of production and attacks by Israeli forces a few years ago. "A special account in three Lebanese banks will be open soon and we hope that some of the institutions will donate money to help industrialists afflicted by these attacks," Abboud said. Metn MP Ghassan Mukhaber said he would propose a law to create a fund for those who suffered from terrorist attacks. The industrialists will assess the cost of the attack on Sad al-Bouchrieh and file a report to the government. Banks and economists warn that if the political bickering and bomb attacks continued in the same spate, a severe blow will be dealt to the overall economic growth of the country. -dailystar Offtopic - Google Logo - Happy Birthday Vincent Van GoghPosted by finkployd in
Info  In commemoration of the great Vincent Van Gogh. March 30, 1853 > July 29, 1890. "But I could have told you Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." - donMclean 
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