01 Work1, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan's destruction and chaos, with footnotes

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Destruction and chaos

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The premise of The Art of War is that war should be avoided with diplomacy. If it cannot be avoided, it should be fought strategically and psychologically to minimize damage and the wasting of resources. Warfare should only be a last resort and heading into battle is already admitting a kind of defeat. More on The Art of War

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09 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan's Alma and her soldiers are discovered, with footnotes

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Alma in Gaza, observing the enemy

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The enemy troops are many more than expected. Hiding, Alma with her lieutenants observe the enemy and decided not to engage. They must return to their encampment and report their findings.

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Alma and her troops are discovered

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Alma and her troop are discovered by a passing enemy patrol. They must flee immediately, before the alarm sounds.

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Alma decides to attack the enemy

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In order to escape, they must first overcome the first wave of attackers in order to have enough time to reach their horses at the edge of town.

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Alma's casualties

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The struggle is difficult and some of her warriors are wounded! But they must not get caught. 

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Alma is trying to get away

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They have finally create some distance from their pursuers and make a run to escape; but Alma is still having trouble getting away. The enemy attempts to surround her.

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Alma's rear guard

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As they approach the gates of the city they see the warriors they left as a rear guard prepare to assist in the evacuation.

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Alma's troop is finally on their way

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Now on horseback, cut and wounded, they make their escape as best hey can!

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Quickly heading into the desert

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They head towards the open desert where they hope the the dust cloud their horses are generating  will give them an advantage.

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Alma in Gaza

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The finally reach the open desert...

Alma was by far the most distinguished of women because of her many superior qualities, especially because of the bravery she demonstrated in defense of people.

Islam elevated the status of women, treating them on an equal footing with a man. Women had a newfound independent identity, in the physical and spiritual spheres. 

Islamic history is full of warrior women who fiercely fought for what they believed in, defended what they cherished, and defied all expectations and became legends.  

The Warrior Woman is an ancient archetype that is not well known because the stories have been both forgotten and suppressed. Mythology is full of warrior goddesses. 

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

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07 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan's Alma and her soldiers search Gaza for suvivors, with footnotes

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Alma in Gaza

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Having arrived too late to help in the fight,  Alma and her Bedouin soldiers search the devastated streets of Gaza for survivors. 

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Alma is weary

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As the day progresses, and still no sight of the Judean army, Alma is weary and on high alert!

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Alma's scouts in the north of the city hear a disturbance

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Alma's scouts in the north of the city hear a disturbance by the city square

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Alma's Scouts hide to observe the situation

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The Scouts, on their knees, hide behind the remnants of a fallen home, to observe, and inform, of the situation as it develops.

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A Group of soldiers begin to appear

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A group of Soldiers begin to trickle into the square.

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The soldiers do not move on, but decide to stay

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The soldiers do not move on, but decide to stay and wait.

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The rest of the army arrives

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As the soldiers wait, the rest of the army arrives.

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Alma Arrives at the lookout

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Soon Alma arrives with her scouts at the lookout. The enemy soldiers are too many for Alma and her mall troop to fight!!!

Alma was by far the most distinguished of women because of her many superior qualities, especially because of the bravery she demonstrated in defense of people.

Islam elevated the status of women, treating them on an equal footing with a man. Women had a newfound independent identity, in the physical and spiritual spheres. 

Islamic history is full of warrior women who fiercely fought for what they believed in, defended what they cherished, and defied all expectations and became legends.  

The Warrior Woman is an ancient archetype that is not well known because the stories have been both forgotten and suppressed. Mythology is full of warrior goddesses. 

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

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07 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan's Alma and her soldiers arrive to Gaza to Join the Battle, with footnotes

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Alma at the gates of  Gaza

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Entering Gaza, Alma and her soldiers are astounded by what they see of devastation and death all around...

During the Bronze Age in western Asia, including Palestine, war was the business of professional, mostly relatively small armies.

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Alma arrive in Gaza

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Alma and her soldiers begin to enter war torn Gaza.

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Alma begin to enter Gaza city

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As they approach the center they are concerned and careful...

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Alma is anxious for the children

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As they they enter the city the now orphaned children begin to surround them. Alma is unable to send away from the coming danger. For them to run and hide... 

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More children approach

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More children approach,  Alma is looking for safety from the devastation ...

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Other women arrive to join the coming battle

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Women begin to appear from the rubble to join in the fight to save what is left of their city.

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Face to face with the enemy

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After a few skirmishes the main body of the invaders begins to appear in the distance 

Alma was by far the most distinguished of women because of her many superior qualities, especially because of the bravery she demonstrated in defense of people.

Islam elevated the status of women, treating them on an equal footing with a man. Women had a newfound independent identity, in the physical and spiritual spheres. 

Islamic history is full of warrior women who fiercely fought for what they believed in, defended what they cherished, and defied all expectations and became legends.  

The Warrior Woman is an ancient archetype that is not well known because the stories have been both forgotten and suppressed. Mythology is full of warrior goddesses. 

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

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01 Work, The Art of War, Félix Vallotton's Verdun, with footnotes

Félix Vallotton  (1865–1925)

Verdun

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146cm x 114cm

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Vallotton visited the front lines and trenches of the eastern front during WWI; and produced a series of 14 canvases. This one, christened "Verdun," refers to the place that has come to symbolize World War I, where more than 600,000 soldiers from both sides perished in 1916. Deciding against painting the destructive "forces" themselves, Vallotton opted instead to depict their physical effects. The painting, like all the works produced by the artists dispatched, was exhibited in 1917 at Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. More on this painting

Félix Édouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style.

His earliest paintings were influenced by Holbein and Ingres. He developed a simpler style during his association with Les Nabis during the 1890s, and produced woodcuts which brought him international recognition. Characterized by broad masses of black and white with minimal detail, they include street scenes, bathers, portraits, and a series of ten interiors titled Intimités (Intimacies) that portray charged domestic encounters between men and women. He produced few prints after 1901, and concentrated instead on painting. His later paintings include highly finished portraits and nudes, and landscapes painted from memory.

He was also active as a writer. He published art criticism during the 1890s, and his novel La Vie meurtrière (The Murderous Life) was published posthumously. More on Félix Édouard Vallotton

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01 Work, The Art of War, Niki de Saint Phalle's La Mort, with footnotes

Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930 - 2002

La Mort, Death

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Niki de Saint Phalle paired bold, jubilant, and cartoonish feminine forms with dark and disturbing material in her multifaceted artistic career. Throughout, she continually disrupted long-held conventions in art, and her iconoclastic approach to her identity and society at large made her an early and important voice to both the Feminist movement and the development of early Conceptual Art. Unlike many of her contemporaries who prioritized the idea behind the work of art rather than the aesthetic demonstration of the idea, Saint Phalle's pieces were highly expressive, visually bold, and often playful - a style that celebrated aesthetics instead of interrogating its structures and conventions. She realized some of the most ambitious, immersive sculptural environments of the 20th century, and also made intensely personal, inward-looking work that reflected on her inner life and relationships. Saint Phalle's broad influence is marked by the variety of contemporary cultural identities and communities that now 'claim' her as their own, including feminist, queer, and racial empowerment movements. More on Niki de Saint Phalle

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01 Work, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan, A father and his daughters, with footnotes

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A father and his daughters

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Hiding in a dimly lit cave, a father holds a lantern and tries to reassures his scared daughters of their well being and the inevitable end to the chaos they hear all around them.

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04 Works, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan's Alma Joins the Battle, with footnotes

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Alma Joins the Battle

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Alma, is a slim, curvaceous Arab warrior woman with dark red hair. Her exposed legs, arms, and midriff highlighting her warrior's resilience, the intricate armor barely covering yet enhancing her form, under the golden hour light, providing a hyper-realistic texture and colors to her skin.

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Alma Moves on from her first victim 

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Alma, adorned in ornate Arab armor, suffering battle weariness as mud dulls the sheen of her attire, clash with the enemy. Dust billowing against an arid battlefield backdrop...

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Alma in the thick of battle

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In the thick of battle, Almar is busy doing her job. She has the knowledge and confidence that his Job is part of a unified plan to defeat the enemy, but she does not have time to survey a campaign from a side lines

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The Battle is Over

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"And when the bat­tle’s ov­er, We shall wear a crown, In the new Je­ru­sa­lem" Is­aac Watts

Alma was by far the most distinguished of women because of her many superior qualities, especially because of the bravery she demonstrated in defense of people.

Islam elevated the status of women, treating them on an equal footing with a man. Women had a newfound independent identity, in the physical and spiritual spheres. 

Islamic history is full of warrior women who fiercely fought for what they believed in, defended what they cherished, and defied all expectations and became legends.  

The Warrior Woman is an ancient archetype that is not well known because the stories have been both forgotten and suppressed. Mythology is full of warrior goddesses. 

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

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