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Kish Carpet Festival 2005

From left to right: Dr. Hossein Ghassemi, a US educated official, a friend of President Khatami, and the head of the Kish Free Zone Organization, the highest government official running the Kish Island. Next to him is Mr. Manouchehr Emami Head of the Kish Trade Promotion Center who was formerly with Iran Carpet Company. In the center is the Deputy Minister of Commerce and the head of " Iran Carpet Center", his Excellency Arabsorkhai. I do not have the name of the man immediately to the right. The man at the far right is Mr. Safaei who works for Mr Emami at the Kish Trade Promotion Center.

Here we have Abbas Sayahi greeting his Excellency Arabsorkhai at the Sayahi display.

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  Iranian Radio & Television Organization Central News Unit interviewing His Excellency Feyzollah Arabsorkhi who is standing inbetween Dr. Hossein Ghassemi and Master Faizullah Haghighi in front of the Haghighi display. More of His Excellency Feyzollah Arabsorkhi and Dr. Hossein Ghassemi being interviewed with the Haghighi Carpets in the background. Master Morteza Mirmehdi of Qum with his daughter Participants in the festival Hamad-Mahdie Alabaf at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Galibafi Nassadji Tabriz at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Haghighi of Isfahan at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Heidarian Carpet at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Iran Carpet Company at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Iran Carpet Gallery (Toranj e Talaee) at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Esfahan-Mahdie at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Mirmehdi of Qum at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Dr. Hassan Saeedi Host of the Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Sayahfar Carpet Export at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Taher Sabahi and Abbas Sayahi at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Sayahi Began Packing Up Early Mohamed Sassila of Silk Road Collections at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 An American dealer buying in Iran. Shoar Carpet Gallery at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 Sobhe Trading Tehran at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 More Notes on Parviz Tanavoli Zollanvari at Kish Carpet Festival 2005 More to come! Left to right: Abbas Sayahi, Gholam Zollanvari and me (Barry O'Connell) If you want to understand the Persian Gabbeh today you need to know Sayahi and Zollanvari. These two men have moved the market tremendously. Zollanvari has been a master of producing and marketing Gabbehs. Sayahi dyes the wool and even helped Zollanvari with their vegetal color recipes and of course Sayahi stared in the movie Gabbeh SW-Asia.com

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