Painter Houcine Ziani lives and works in France. Professional painter since 1978, he gets famous for his very fine and delicate pictorial re- presentations on display at many Exhibitions in the best world capitals. Media from all around the world depict him as an artist of his time, who is able to reproduce scenes from the daily life of Bedouin or no- madic peoples in their usual environment with great style. Besides what it can usually be observed in any figurative painter s’ wor- ks, be they landscapes or characters, in Zaini’s paintings everything se- ems so close to reality, his refined and elegant representations empha- size the light and enhance the colors, but in tune with the traditional taste of the populations of Maghreb as well as the Middle East. His equestrian representations are impressive since he manages to convey, with great effect, the beauty and self-radiant energy of Ara- bian horses galloping during horseback chases, and the proud of the horsemen who know that their existence on earth is alone divinely willed. Sometimes changing pictorial register, Ziani can faithful- ly reproduce still-life on canvas as a main expression of the calm everyday life, but some other of his artworks relate to hu man history, just as it was shaped by the fierce wars of the past, by the self-di- splacement of Bedouin tribes who were seeking for a better asylum or even by the forced migration of the ‘Amazigh’, the blue men of the desert in their dazzling fabrics – to me, the very best of his art. But, not all of the equestrian scenes are about war, some other represent par- ticular games among riders who want to show-off, whenever it is possible, all their mastery on horseback riding, an ancient tradition that has been passed down generously through the centuries and has become wide spread in the entire world. The sport of polo comes precisely from those games that were being practiced on immense grounds, through a very interesting modernization, it has become today a highly demanding discipline both for equestrians and equines. In conclusion, the artist Houcine Ziani is closer to us when we can admire the global retrospective of his works, possibly, in the many museu- ms where he is often invited to exhibit his paintings. It is my honor to present and recommend you some of them as they are beautiful beyond words...