"May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, many new inspirations to your life, and most importantly, may it be a year closer to a free Palestine." Sliman Mansour

Sliman Mansour: Hope (أمل)، oil on canvas, 1985

"May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, many new inspirations to your life, and most importantly, may it be a year closer to a free Palestine." Sliman Mansour

Happy New Year!

Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays a creation made with 250 small flags of different countries reading "Happy New Year 2012" in Amritsar. Spectacular fireworks burst over Sydney Harbour to ring in the New Year at midnight, kicking off noisy celebrations for billions around the world to mark the end of 2011 YAHOO! World News AFP photo