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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Fayez al-Hassani is a Palestinian painter based in Gaza. Fayez al-Hassani was born in 1952 in Gaza. He holds a BA in Fine Arts from Cairo University. He is currently teaching fine arts at the UNRWA Education Department. He previously taught art at the Institute of Teachers in Algiers. Fayez participated in a number of exhibitions in Algeria, Jordan and Palestine, and he is one of the founders of the Plastic Arts Association, based in Gaza. Fayez uses art to visualize and express the Palestinian longing for return. He has painted hundreds of artworks that are all about Palestinian identity, most of which he painted while under an illegal Israeli military blockade in Gaza.
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