Persian, Mirror Case (details), mid-18th–19th century, papier-mâché, painted, gilded, and lacquered, private collection.

HONORARY CHAIRS The Honorable and Mrs. Hushang Ansary

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEERania Daniel

Zeina FaresVahid Kooros

Sima LadjevardianSultana Mangalji

Franci NeelyCenk OzdoganSabiha RehmatullaAliyya StudeMonsour Taghdisi

HOST COMMITTEEMr. and Mrs. Louis K. Adler Neelofur and Sami Ahmad

Mrs. Nancy Allen Mey Bulgurlu and Wissam Al Monthiry

Mr. Ali Ansari Mr. and Mrs. Dari Ansari

Dr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Baganz Mr. Haidar Barbouti

Tony Bradfield and Kevin Black Anne and Albert Chao

Maureen and Adel Chaouch Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Coneway

Mr. Jamal H. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Ali R. Davoudi

The Honorable and Mrs. Edward P. Djerejian Mr. and Mrs. Ali Ebrahimi

Dr. Farès el-Dahdah Matt and Jennifer Esfahani

Mrs. Diane Lokey Farb Mr. Nijad I. Fares

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gamson Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hevrdejs

Mr. and Mrs. Bashar Kalai Mr. and Mrs. Omar Khan

Ms. Tahia Z. Khan and Dr. Shoyab A. Panchbhaya Waqar and Sarah Khan

Mr. and Dr. Ajay Khurana Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Kinder

Ms. Alma Kombargi Mr. and Mrs. Hamid Kooros

Mr. Masoud Ladjevardian

Eileen and Kase LawalMs. Martha Katherine Long and Mr. Sean Patrick WadeMr. and Mrs. Meredith J. LongMr. Moez MangaljiShazma and Arshad MatinMr. and Mrs. Michael K. MithoffMr. and Mrs. Akbar MohamedSara and Bill MorganMr. and Mrs. S. Reed MorianMrs. Catherine OzdoganElizabeth and Gary PetersenMr. and Mrs. Anthony PetrelloMr. and Mrs. Zamir RaufMr. Omar RehmatullaMr. Henry RichardsonMs. Miwa Sakashita and Dr. John R. Stroehlein Mr. Khaled SalemMr. and Mrs. H. Bruce SalleeMr. and Mrs. Christopher B. SarofimDr. and Mrs. Aziz ShaibaniSalma and Riaz SiddiqiChristina StithMr. Herman L. StudeMs. Y. Ping Sun and Mr. David W. LeebronThe Honorable and Mrs. Chase Untermeyer Joy and Benjamin WarrenWendy V. Watriss and Frederick C. Baldwin The Honorable and Mrs. William H. WhiteFay and Salim Zakhem

The Executive Committee of the

Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,

requests the pleasure of your company at the

Friday, November 17, 2017 • 7:00 p.m.Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

CocktailsAudrey Jones Beck Building 5601 Main Street

Seated DinnerCaroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street

Special performance by Banafsheh Sayyad and Pejman Hadadi Black tie Valet parking

Premier Underwriter The Honorable and Mrs. Hushang Ansary

Grand UnderwriterJaleh and Bruce Sallee

Grand Corporate UnderwritersLa PerlaTenenbaum Jewelers

Major UnderwritersHis Highness the Aga Khan Council for the Southwestern United StatesConeway Family Foundation Rania and Jamal Daniel Nijad and Zeina FaresMoez and Sultana MangaljiFranci NeelyElizabeth and Gary Petersen Petrello Family Foundation

UnderwritersMorian FoundationNeelofur and Sami AhmadAli AnsariBruce and Terry BaganzSalam and Bassam BaraziMr. and Mrs. Ali EbrahimiSima and Masoud Ladjevardian Martha Katherine LongShazma and Arshad MatinRishma and Akbar Mohamed Sara and Bill MorganCatherine and Dr. Cenk Ozdogan Sabiha and Omar Rehmatulla Mona and Andrew SarofimAliyya and Herman Stude

PatronsLily and Hamid KoorosMr. and Mrs. Dari AnsariATM Link, Inc.Laila Bandali and FriendsMr. and Mrs. James A. Baker, III Stash BellonAnne S. ChaoHaydeh and Ali DavoudiJennifer and Matt EsfahaniAfshan HassanNaushad and Narmin KermallyEileen and Kase LawalJanwa and Suhail SikhtianDr. and Mrs. Aziz and Arwa Shaibani Monsour Taghdisi and Henry Richardson Thyssen Petroleum USAFarid and Asha ViraniJoy and Benjamin WarrenFay and Salim Zakhem

Individual Major UnderwritersPete and June Trammell Barbara and Michael Gamson

Individual UnderwritersGail and Louis AdlerVicki and Mohammad BarazandehThe Honorable and Mrs. Edward P. DjerejianNeda and Ali EtminanMr. and Mrs. Frank J. HevrdejsRandall Jamail and Victoria GoldsteinDavid and Y. Ping Sun LeebronFariba and Iraj TaghiAtessa and Qumars ZafarNancy C. AllenFrederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss-FotoFest International Farés el-DahdahGary Mercer

Individual PatronsMaha and Omar Khan Salma and Riaz Siddiqi Liliane HaddadDilshad and Ali AshariaLisa and Paul Clemenceau Molly and Jim Crownover Caroline and Stephen Esses Taha and Tahir Faruqui Betsy and Fred GriffinShirin and Amin JamalThe Honorable Jay KarahanMs. Tahia Khan and Dr. Shoyab A. Panchbhaya Jamila and Amin LakhaniMr. Alfred W. LasherSadru and Zubeida MominAvisheh and Ali Naraghi

Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad NaraghiMr. and Mrs. Jason NasraSarah Oden and Alfred MoranMiwa Sakashita and Dr. John R. StroehleinDr. Babak Toulabi and Mrs. Yekta PakdamanDiana and Chase UntermeyerNizar and Shiroz ViraniShahnaz and Malik WalianyDr. Asra AliDr. Naureen AlimSara PlumblyDrs. William and Huda Zoghbi