mixed media; 14×11”

“The children, the poor and vulnerable who just want to live their simple life, and all those who are in the way of the greedy powerful, have become the terrorists of today’s wars and violence. There is no more hesitation at indiscriminate killing and destruction, at ethnic cleansing, when it suits the agenda of those in power. Any false justification is sold to the credible ignorant and violence is with no limit.”

ARTIST BIO: Saad Ghosn, a native of Lebanon, has lived in Cincinnati since 1985. A retired medical professional, an educator, and a Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, he resorts to visual and literary art to express himself and his sociopolitical views. Saad believes that activism is at the heart of art expression. He is the founder and president of ‘SOS ART’ and the editor and publisher of the yearly ‘For a Better World, Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice by Greater Cincinnati Artists’. Saad has written about many of Cincinnati’s Artists Activists including in his book Greater Cincinnati Artists as Activists.”