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Ibrahim Hazimeh

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Ibrahim Hazimeh (b. 1933 in Acre) is a Palestinian artist. From the beginning of his career, Hazimeh’s prolific oeuvre has consistently focused on Palestine. Per the artist’s description, memories, “both beautiful and painful,” inspire everything the artist executes in oil paint, gouache, and watercolor, which explains not only the subject matter but the style in which it is portrayed.

First Name
Ibrahim
Last Name
Hazimeh
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
1953-present
Active in
Berlin

Ibtisam Mara’ana

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Ibtisam Mara'ana (b. 1975) is a film director and producer based in Jaffa. She is known for her documentary films.

First Name
Ibtisam
Last Name
Mara'ana
Occupation
Filmmaker,
Years Active
2003-present
Active in
Jaffa

Iman Al Sayed

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Iman Al Sayed (b. 1984), is a Palestinian artist whose work focuses on processes and repetition. She probes and investigates the human condition and the sociopolitical effects caused by displacement, Al Sayed uses various media in her work, varying from sculptures and installations to moving images, sound and words.

First Name
Iman
Last Name
Al Sayed
Occupation
Visual Artist,
Years Active
2006-present
Active in
UAE

Ismail Shammout

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Ismail Shammout (b. 1930-2006) was a Palestinian artist and art hsitorian. Shammout was an influential Palestinian artist, whose prominent style of painting employs recognizable symbols of Palestinian culture and traditions.

First Name
Ismail
Last Name
Shammout
Occupation
Artist, Art Historian,
Years Active
1953-2006
Active in
Various

Ja’afar Tuqan

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Ja'afar Tuqan (19 January 1938 – 25 November 2014) was a Palestinian architect noted for designing the municipality of Amman in Ras al Ayan, the Royal Automobile Museum, The Jordan Museum and the Yasser Arafat Museum.
In 1991 he was the recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his design of the a Children's Village in Aqaba, Jordan. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Art Court - Al Hoash.
He is son of Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan and nephew of poet Fadwa Tuqan.

First Name
Ja'afar
Last Name
Tuqan
Occupation
Architect
Years Active
1960-2014
Active in
Amman

Jack Persekian

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Jack Persekian (b. 1962) is a Palestinian artist and curator of Armenian descent. Persekian is the founder of Anadial Gallery and Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the founding director of the Sharjah Art Foundation with responsibility for the Sharjah Biennial. In 2016, Persekian was awarded the Palestine Order of Merit for Culture, Sciences and Arts by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

First Name
Jack
Last Name
Persekian
Occupation
Artist, Curator,
Years Active
1980-present
Active in
Jerusalem

Jackie Salloum

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Jacqueline Reem Salloum is a Brooklyn based artist and filmmaker of Palestinian and Syrian descent. Her multi-media based artwork focuses on documenting histories and memories of people, including her family, that have been fragmented by displacement and exile.

First Name
Jackie
Last Name
Salloum
Occupation
Filmmaker,
Years Active
2003-present
Active in
Brooklyn

Jalal Ariqt

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Jalal Ariqat (1953-2013) was a Palestinian artist who did recycled art.

First Name
Jalal
Last Name
Ariqat
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
1973-2013
Active in
Cyprus

Jasser Abu Rbe’a

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Jasser Abu Rbe'a (b. 1963) is a painter, sculptor and poet from Kuseife in the Naqab. In his work he uses natural materials and materials from his own personal world related to the Bedouin heritage and culture.

First Name
Jasser
Last Name
Abu Rbe'a
Occupation
Artist, Sculptor, Poet
Years Active
1988-present
Active in
Kuseife

Juliana Seraphim

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Juliana Seraphim is a Palestinian artist from Jaffa. Her family fled to Lebanon in 1949. Seraphim’s visual language is characterized as having complex layers of overlapping lines and improvisational dream-like imagery.

First Name
Juliana
Last Name
Seraphim
Occupation
Painter
Years Active
1960-1990s
Active in
Beirut