Meaning of "Zanbeel" “What’s in a name?” a famous line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Name “Zanbeel” is an Arabic word meaning “Satchel” Zanbeel is mentioned in an important, Middle Eastern literature known as "Dastaan*-e-Amir Hamza" it is of Persio-Turkic origin. The two central characters of this Dastaan* were Amir Hamza and Amar Ayar, adventurous travelers.Historical traces are found in Arabia in the seventh century and the Dastaan* is a constellation of cultures, histories, lives and divergent universes which unfolds during several journeys of Amir Hamza and Amar Ayar. The journeys took Amir and Amar to places of magical wonderment. Amar Ayar’s "Zanbeel" was an endless pit of stories of wonderland, magic and fantasy.Art is story telling….. Scripture of the times, multitudes of fantasies and realities juxtaposing and finally an expression in writing or art form. *Mode of story telling The name Zanbeel was a concept of Shahjahan Bhatti.
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OUR TEAM President: Dr. Joseph GrecoDr. Greco received his B.S. Degree at Pennsylvania State University, in History/Economics. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine in Financial Economics. He is currently a professor of International Finance, at the California State University Fullerton. He is the Founder of a non-profit www.theffem.org which provides affordable financial , marketing and technology counseling for small businesses in Southern California.The Foundation For Emerging Markets is a Non-Profit Corporation Working in a Strategic Partnership with California State University, Fullerton’s Center for the Study of Emerging Markets. Director: Fatima Sultan KhanFatima is a co-founder of Zanbeelart, founded in October 2007. She is a Curator of South Asian American Art Festivals which took place in 2008 and 2009 at the Santa Monica Art Studios in Santa Monica CA. featuring almost 25 emerging and established artists and over 120 artworks for each exhibit. At SAAAF 2009 several books were launched with author presentations. The event titled "Dialogue in Art" was partnered with the City of Santa Monica’s yearly “Art Walk” culminating into an exchange of ideas and information and projecting a softer image of some of the violent regions like Pakistan and Afghanistan. She is an art critique and writes a column for Pakistan Link a South Asian weekly newspaper based in Orange County CA., called "Art Scene" a review about Pakistani emerging and established artists. At present she is writing a fiction called "Velvet Pavilions", based on the life of immigrants in US. The fiction deals with the common quest of man, for a need for a honest livelihood and than leads to the blind ambition questioning morals, integrity and cultural baggage. Finally a struggle to search for the true identity of the human soul takes precedence over all worldly matters. The characters are based in California, farmlands of Pakistan, Middle East and Europe often trotting the world for livelihood and dreams. Fatima received her Bachelors Degree in Economics and Mathematics from St. Josephs College Karachi, Pakistan. She received her Associate Degree in Museum/Retail Planning from FIDM, Los Angeles, CA. She was one of the Founders and past President of Pakistan Arts Council, Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena CA., and was instrumental in introducing educational programs relating to South Asian art, history and literature. Including a gala event named "Tapestries in the Looms of Times" a brain child of Amin Guglee depicting 5000 years of art history of the regions. The event raised funds to purchase books about Pakistan, to be donated to the Pacific Asia Museum library which is used by the local schools and colleges. |
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Honorary Member Wahab Jaffer: Wahab Jaffer is one of Pakistan's most respected artists and art collectors. His work has been shown in several solo and group shows, notably at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California, at the National Museum of Pakistan and at the Art Gallery of Peel's juried exhibition in Brampton.Jaffer's series of abstracts are simple and yet complicated, the duality arising from the use of a myriad of colors to explore shapes and forms. Recently one of Pakistan’s important art collections, that of Wahab Jaffer, the scion of the Jaffer family was sold to the Rangoonwala Trust. A businessman by profession, art collector and painter by passion, Wahab Jaffer can be called as one of the country’s most avid art-collectors with the work of 127 different artists. According to him “They are not all Pakistani, as although 75% of the collection does comprise of works by artists of this country, I also have various contemporary works from India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, UK and Canada.” When the Wahab Jaffer Collection (WJ Collection) was sold to the Rangoonwala Trust, it made national history as the first time in 61 years such a major private collection had changed hands from the private to the public domain. The WJ Collection once on public view will lead to the realization of the vision of Wahab Jaffer and the Rangoonwala Trust to give Karachi, a city of 17 million, its first large modern and contemporary art museum where the works of great masters and contemporary artists can be viewed and acknowledged as an integral part of the collective national heritage. Cheryl Maletta Trujillo: Cheryl attended Eastern Kentucky University, earning a B.A. in Spanish. She went on to earn Preliminary, Professional Clear and Bilingual Cross-Cultural Specialist credentials, as well as a Masters Degree in Multicultural Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Cheryl speaks fluent Spanish, and has also studied French, Portuguese, German and Russian. In 1987 Cheryl began working for Los Angeles Unified School District at West Athens Elementary School. She worked as a Bilingual Education Teacher specializing in early literacy Grades K-2 for 12 years. Currently, Cheryl teaches a “live” T.V. Multicultural Education course, develops English Learner material and mentors beginning bilingual credential candidates as a faculty member at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is co-creator of the ELD supplemental materials, The Learning Adventures of Bodo and Mimi. Known for her dynamic, high energy, interactive presentations involving language theory and practical applications, Cheryl has been in demand as a consultant throughout the country, and traveled to China as a People to People delegate at the Sino-United States Education Forum in November 2008.bodomimi.com Shabnam Jabbar: Shabnam Jabbar is a private entrepreneur, who also has special interests in the fields of interior design, media management and investment and in individual development program and processes.Presently in 2010 she has interests in international trade in chemicals and commodities.She is also Director, Cine-matic, Karachi, a family firm that has imported and distributed in Pakistani cinema major feaure-lenght film hits in 2009 such as Slumdog Millionaire and The Dark Knight, amongst others. In 2008, a cinema film titled Ramchand Pakistani in which Mrs. Jabbar is a major investor and which was directed by her daughter won 5 major global awards and honors and 2 national awards including the FIPRESCI Prize in July 2008 from the International Federation of Film Critics. From about 1982 to 2002, she led and managed one of Pakistan's largest and most creative advertising agencies known as MNJ Communications (pvt) Ltd., before withdrawing from the firm to pursue other family interests and personal plans.From 1988 to 2002, she served as Chairperson and Chief Executive of the same firm. In the second half of the 1970s, interior design concepts and motifs devised by her were purchased by Inter-continental Hotel, Karachi and were introduced in the hotel's network in Pakistan. With a deep interest in the arts and paintings, she owns a fine selection of works by some of South Asia's leading artists. A popular social personality of Pakistan, Mrs. Shabnam Jabbar is a successful home-maker. She is the wife of Javed Jabbar, Chairman& Chief Executive of JJ Media (pvt) Ltd. a former Senator and Federal Minister who is also Vice President (2009-2012) of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (www.iucn.org). She is the mother of an international award-winning film-maker Mehreen Jabbar and of Barrister Kamal K. Jabbar, a senior legal specialist with Standard Chartered Bank, Pakistan. A graduate from one of the country's most respected educational institutions, i.e. St. Joseph's College for Women, Karachi Mrs. Shabnam Jabbar comes from a distinguished family of highly reputed citizens in the academic world. Donors Mrs. Amina Adaya Anataeus Capital Mr.Faisel H. Khan Jaffer Brothers Mr. Osman Khan P.Adriano & Associates Inc. Royal Kabab |
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