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- Country of residence: Jordan
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Hanan Al-Agha 1948-19 April 2008 was a Palestinian-Jordanian writer, poet and plastic artist. She worked and exhibited in many Arab countries, and many of her works are still displayed in online forums. She also worked at the Jordan Ministry of Education until her retirement. Her daughter is the Jordanian actress and producer Saba Mubarak.
Al-Agha was born in Jaffa in 1948, and grew up in ???. She obtained a bachelor's degree in arts and education from Cairo University in 1970. Later, she attended art courses at the Jordanian Ministry of Education and the Queen Alia Fund.
She began exhibiting in group exhibitions in Cairo along with other women artists, and then moved to Amman, Jordan, in 1972, where she held a joint exhibition with the Jordanian artist Arwa Tal, which received positive reviews. She went on to solo exhibitions in Cairo, Amman, and Baghdad, and many more international group exhibitions.
She married a Jordanian from Ajloun, Ahmed Mubarak, with whom two children including Saba Mubarak and Aya Wuhoush.
She headed the Art Education Division of the Directorate General of Curriculum and Educational Technologies at the Ministry of Education.
In addition to her own work in art and literature, Al-Agha authored many books on traditional art and crafts, and was widely published in the local and international Arabic newspapers.
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Al-Agha authored many books on traditional art and crafts, has writings were published throughout the Arab world, and her poetry was broadcast on Jordanian radio. Her writings include short stories, poetry, prose, poetry and plays, among them
Short Stories:
And she said to the tree
Balfour, Allenby and I
Smoke
Poems:
Water Ringtones
Small Fiddle
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