7/13/2006

Dear Mary,
how you doing? now am OK but I don't know what will happen with me tomorrow, the civilian war at the gates, i cannot work because i cant go to my studio.every thing there in my house i don't have paper to drawing. we wait the days and what will happen with it. thank you very much .take care and be safe please.

yours faithfully asaad .


5/26/2007

my dear friend Mary,

I hope you are fine, I'm OK now but i dint know what will happen after, I'm still work with painting and my work in college,Mary the situation in my country be difficult day by day, please be safe there , I'm sorry about late in answer but i ask you to propose what i live in. thank you and good bye.

faith fully yours
Asaad Yousif

Dear Assad,

Are you still OK? It sounds like things are getting worse and worse. Are you managing? Can you work at all? Are you safe? I think about you often. Please stay well.

Hob
Mary