<p>It has been truly a pleasure and honor to have Dr. Nourredin Zarrinkelk at the Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies for the past two years. He has brought life and creativity to UCI and Iranian Studies in Orange County. This book contains 200 sketches of interesting and important people drawn by Dr. Zarrinkelk in the past four decades. The setting where these sketches took place were in the public and whoever caught his eye in conferences, coffee shops or friendly gatherings became the subject of his work. We are honored to have Faces published at the UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and hope to continue our collaboration.</p>