Mohamed A. El-Erian

Mohamed A. El-Erian (Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmmæd elʕeɾˈjæːn]; born August 19, 1958) is the CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO,[1] a global investment management firm and one of the world’s largest bond investors with approximately US$1.9 trillion of assets under management as of September 1, 2012.[2] On Dec 21, 2012, President Obama announced the appointment of El-Erian as the Chair of the president's Global Development Council.[3] In his capacity...

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Shahzia Sikander

  Shahzia Sikander (Urdu: شازیه سکندر‎ born 1969, Lahore, Pakistan}; is a Pakistani-American artist who works in drawing, painting, animation, large-scale installation, performance and video. Sikander was traditionally taught the discipline of Indo-Persian miniature painting, where she studied at The National College of Lahore in Pakistan, earning a Bachelors of Fine Arts in 1992. Sikander moved to the United States and attended the...

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Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat (Persian: شیرین نشاط‎; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.[2] Background She is the fourth of five children of wealthy parents, brought up in the religious town of Qazvin in north-western Iran.[3] Neshat's father was a physician and her mother a homemaker. Neshat has stated about her father, “He fantasized about the...

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