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Laila Ajjawi

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Laila Ajjawi (b. 1990) is a graffiti artist born and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp outside of Irbid, Jordan. Her work focuses on visibility for women living in the Middle East, particularly refugees facing discrimination and limited resources in their countries of residence. She has created murals with Women on Walls a public art project based in Egypt aimed at empowering women through street art.

First Name
Laila
Last Name
Ajjawi
Occupation
Graffiti Artist,
Years Active
2013-present
Active in
Jordan

Laila Shawa

Laila Shawa (b. 1940) is a Palestinian artist whose work has been described as a personal reflection concerning the politics of her country, particularly highlighting perceived injustices and persecution. She is one of the most prominent and prolific artists of the Arabic revolutionary contemporary art scene.

First Name
Laila
Last Name
Shawa
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
1964-present
Active in
London

Larissa Sansour

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Larissa Sansour (b. 1973) is an artist who works with film, photography and sculpture. Her works include Tank (2003), Bethlehem Bandolero (2005), Happy Days (2006), Cairo Taxilogue (2008), The Novel of Novel and Novel (2009), Falafel Road (2010), Palestinauts (2010), Nation State (2012), In the Future, They Ate From the Finest Porcelain (2016), and Archaeology in Absentia (2016).

First Name
Larissa
Last Name
Sansour
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
2003-present
Active in
London

Laura Boushnak

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Laura Boushnak (b. 1976) is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian photographer whose work is focused on women, literacy, and education reform in the Arab world. For her ongoing documentary project "I Read I Write" she photographed girls and women changing their lives with education in Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan and Tunisia.

First Name
Laura
Last Name
Boushnak
Occupation
Photographer,
Years Active
1998-present
Active in
Sarajevo