Ali Baba's Book Series on: Artistic Flags - Book Three: A Pictorial Tribute to 100 Countries For Their Participation in the Olympic Games

By Ali Langroodi

As a painter, I naturally enjoy working with colors. As an artist, I am influenced by social issues that could affect people across different countries and continents. And as an explorer and traveler, my biggest joy is to experience different countries with unique cultural backgrounds across the planet Earth. Thus, I came up with the idea of painting flags of countries as a tool to express my sincere love and gratitude to the mankind. In other words, painting flags is my way of saying thank you to all nations.

This is book three of Ali Baba's book series on artistic flags. Each book in this series conveys a unique message of friendship. The message of this book is to honor all countries that have participated in the Olympic Games throughout the history. I whole- heartedly believe that every participating country has overcome impossible obstacles to carry the burden of bringing people together and consequently contributes to our understanding of each other. Thus, every country, regardless of the medal count deserves to be acknowledged and honored for their good intention and their great effort.

Please notice that due to sheer number of countries I had to limit the list to 100 countries. Also, I have painted the flags according to my artistic impression of them, as such the dimensions and the specifications are not followed. The emblems have either been removed or replaced by symbolic figures. My hope is that to depict the flags of all countries at least once in this book series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Feb 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781456628581

Ali Langroodi

I was born in the northern part of Iran. My parents were native to the Caspian Sea region, also known as the North. My family decided to move to the capital city of Tehran when I was an infant. I completed my schooling in Tehran, which included a college degree. My mother and I frequently visited my grandma, who lived all her life by the Caspian Sea, in the beautiful province of Mazandaran. She created wonderful and sweet memories for me. Even to this day, the colorful scenery of the North is my inspiration for my art works and writings. After moving to the United States, I completed my graduate studies in the field of biological sciences. But later I developed an interest in studying human personality and behavior. Thus I pursued a career as a psychiatrist which continued until my retirement. I became fond of arts and crafts, painting, drawings, and writing lyrics in my adult life. I created a five-book series titled: Ali Baba’s Book Series on Artistic Flags (please see the complete list of the books in the series at the back of this book). I also released five single song tracks under my artistic name, Caspean. The following singles became the favorites among my friends: She Got Too Much and Live It, Live It. During writing a laboratory exercise compendium for a molecular biotechnology book, I realized that the fictional cases that I created were entertaining to some of my friends, aside from their scientific contents. Thus I decided to write my first fictional book, South Harbors Secrets. Both in the Ali Baba’s book series and this novel, my goal has been to highlight, embrace, respect, and celebrate the diversity that exist among various cultural groups. I think that despite all the differences, we have a great deal of similarities that could bond us together. My true belief is that, collectively, the human spirit has a tendency to reach for a greater cause and a common goal to make life more meaningful and fulfilling for all. My mission in life has become to use arts, paintings, and writings as a tool to convey these messages.     

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