Personal Info
- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, in 1959; received a BA from the College of Fine Arts in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1983; returned to Palestine and had his first own exhibition in Deir Ghassaneh; founding member of the New Vision artist group in 1987; member of the Administrative Committee of the League of Palestinian Artists since 1990; art teacher in the Women’s Training Center in Ramallah; participated in many local and international exhibitions; represented Palestine at the Biennale of Sao Paulo in 1996; founding member (along with Vera Tamari and Suleiman Mansour) of Al-Wasiti Art Center in Jerusalem in 1997; opened Ziryab Café in Ramallah in the late 1990s, where he also exhibits his work and that other Palestinian artists.
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