the waiting

me

and the gemmayzeh (neighborhood)

and the beer

are waiting for the bomb...

565

i am sorry i am not able to translate this drawing to english.
please if somebody reads arabic and has a proposition that works...

564

i am sorry i am not able to translate this drawing to english.
please if somebody reads arabic and has a proposition that works...

563

each day that passes brings us closer
to the past

enough

562

560

time passes
and the fight between
my head
and my body

is getting bigger

tuesday 22nd of may 2007

in istanbul airport

my body is still in berlin

but my head arrived to beirut

may in beirut

the planet is really burning

you should grow up

life's sister

no platonic love

- your nose is big

- but your mouth is wide

i wish i can disappear

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

you should always bite

552

i am craving
for
c

daily menu:

potato

in ink

550

you're moving too much !

you draw like shit !!

i am bending

548

pretty

it is you i am missing

daytime miracle

between helsinki and stockholm
it's been ten hours i am walking in a boat

which is walking on water!

my days are being spent on the roads

always try to see further

i don't know

541

what can i do with these two hands?

me?

bent

what are you trying to do?

is it still possible for you to change at 31?

536

t
i
r
e
d


d
r
u
n
k

535

the A trio drowning in a whiskey glass in latvia

universal citizens

the A trio is moving from the latvian beer to the finnish beer...

drunkness has no borders!

532

the A trio is asking itself:

what are we doing in latvia?

saturday night in torino

nothing else than vodka

RRRRRRRRR

on the rhythm of the train

between faenza and milano

i think of your eyes

in italian

"bella"

report

rima khcheich
and the double-bass

and the notebook and the pen

imagination lies

sight

see

see

see

my love see

see what?

north european tour (late announcement)

as usual i left beirut without having any time to update the site (i'll try to add a bunch of new drawings in the upcoming days).

here's a rough program of the A trio north european tour:

A TRIO
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
sharif sehnaoui: acoustic guitar
raed yassin: double-bass

12th of may
sound forest festival - riga, latvia

13th of may
helsinki, finland

14th of may
jyvaskyla, finland

15th of may
tampere, finland

16th of may
stockholm, sweden

17th of may
stockholm, sweden

plus:

IRTIJAL festival Berlin on the 18th and 19th of may
with: Sharif Sehnaoui (guitar), Christine Sehnaoui (saxophone), Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet), Raed Yassin (bass), Jassem Hindi (electronics), Tisha Mukarji (inside-piano), Michael Zerang (percussion), Clare Cooper (harp), Clayton Thomas (bass), Burkhard Beins (percussion), Robin Hayward (tuba), Annette Krebs (guitar), Sven-Åke Johansson (drums), Axel Dörner (trumpet), Kai Fagaschinski (clarinet), Thomas Ankersmit (saxophone), and others...

TASTEN festival, Berlin on the 20th and 21st of may
moukhtabar ensemble berlin
Christine Sehnaoui : alto sax
Béchir Saadé : bass-clarinet
Sabine Vogel : flutes,electronics
Mazen Kerbaj : trumpet
Jassem Hindi : electronics
Tisha Mukarji : piano
Michael Wilhelmi : piano
Sharif Sehnaoui : guitar
Raed Yassin : double-bass
Michael Zerang : percussion

the tasten festival will also feature a solo exhibition (with drawings from 2002 to 2007),
and a workshop under the title "improvisation and visual art - can the hand command to the brain?"

for more precise info on the venues etc. please visit sharif sehnaoui's announcements page on the following link: http://dt-bs.com/eng.php3 (click on musicians then on sharif's name)

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the italian policeman

in roma

i began a drawing with the brush.

no more ink.

there's a bic with four colors (like when we were kida)

"i think i am still 8 years old"

roma's sun

is merciless

i'm looking for an idea

520

who are you thinking of?

not you.

519

518

love
bites
and eats

and digests

517