Contest "about Books"   The award wining Iranian cartoonists in the international competition™  http://www.theportlandalliance.org/cartoons Top Cartoons in the First International Contest about Books  200 works selected from over 2000 works were put on display in a week-long exhibition. 600 cartoonists from 61 countries had sent their cartoons. With a quick look at the works visitor can understand the general view of the participating cartoonists, who tried to direct public attention towards the point that in spite of the world being inundated with different sorts of communication means ( like internet, satellite and TV) still book remains the most steadiest friend of mankind.       First Prize: Mehdi Mohammadi Rouzbahani from Iran .         Second Prize: Naser Moghadam from Iran             Third Prize: Florian Doru Crihana from Romania .           Special Prize: Jugoslav Vlahovic from Serbia             .   Special Prize: Oleksy Kustovsky from Ukraine             . Special Prize: Paolo Dalponte from Italy         .   Special Prize: Saman Ahmadi from Iran     . Special Prize: Sevket Yalaz from Turkey         .   Special Prize: Shahram Rezaei from Iran         .   Special Prize: Valentin Druzhinin from Russia           .   Special Prize: Ali Paknahad from Iran