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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>PRESS
RELEASE<br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>October , 2007</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=right style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>For Immediate Release</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
Contact: Bob Johnson <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=right style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lebanese</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><br>
<font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'><a href="mailto:press@lau.edu" target="_blank">press@lau.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=right style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>212.870.2585<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=right style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=xuj4dfcab.0.vezi8dcab.zznbudcab.196&ts=S0285&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lau.edu.lb%2F"
target="_blank">www.lau.edu.lb</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black;font-weight:bold'>Architects from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region> & <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region> share "Narratives"</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:black'>in oil, ink and mixed media at CUNY, October 17-22</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>NEW YORK</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> - Four young architects are telling interesting stories and
life experience narratives through oil, ink and mixed media, in a new art show,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Narratives: Stories in Artform</span></i>,
at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, from Wednesday, October
17, through Monday, October 22. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
exhibit (featuring abstract, surreal and impressionistic pieces) will be on
display at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">365 Fifth Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street>,
in the History Department Lounge (Room 5114). </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Exhibit hours are
Monday-Friday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
An opening reception will take place Friday, Oct. 19 from 7-9 p.m. <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Admission is free.</span></font></span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lebanese
American University (with campuses in Beirut and Byblos); the Middle East and
Middle Eastern American Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY; and the LebRecord
Art Network are co-presenters of the show. For more information call
212.817.7570.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
artists are Antoine Faddoul of <st1:City w:st="on">Tampa Bay</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Fla.</st1:State>; Chadi Chamoun of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Queens</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:State></st1:place>;
and Maroun Kassab and Irina Verkhovshaya of Little Ferry, N.J.. Faddoul,
Chamoun and Kassab are graduates of the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lebanese</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Byblos</st1:place></st1:City>. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>"Every
work of art should talk to you, should tell you something, or make you think of
something," said Faddoul, who will be displaying work in oil and ink. His
abstract and surreal work is often inspired by world events or concerns, as
well as people's daily lives. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Verkhovshaya,
who was born in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
and holds a master's degree in architecture, explores mood as a state of being
human. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Chamoun
explores the relationships between ideas, drawings and buildings. He was born
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and earned a doctoral degree in architecture. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Kassab's
art work focuses on existential issues and the ways people encounter their
humanity. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>"It
is only in the happening that we face our humanity," said Kassab,
"and understand something about our existence." </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>LAU was
founded by Presbyterian missionaries in 1835 as the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for Girls. Today, LAU has a co-ed student body of more than 7,000 at two
campuses in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
with respected programs in Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering &
Architecture and the region's largest graduate Pharmacy school. For more
information about LAU, visit: </span></font><a
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