My name is Abbas Shibeeb. I have sole responsibility for 'Continental Tuscany', which came into operation in September 2003. I was born in Babylon , Iraq and have been living in Florence since 1979, where I graduated in Philosophy, at the University of Florence . I have studied Art History and in particular the Art of the Italian Renaissance and have a wide knowledge of the regions of both Tuscany and Umbria . I speak Arabic, English, Italian and German.