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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

Mahmoud Qais

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Mahmoud Qais is a Palestinian sculptor and artist who works with cement.

First Name
Mahmoud
Last Name
Qais
Occupation
Sculptor,
Years Active
2012-present
Active in
Unknown

Maḥmoud Taha

Maḥmoud Taha (b. 1942) is a Palestinian artist, potter and ceramicist noted for integrating calligraphy into his ceramics and is regarded as the leading ceramicist in the Arab world.

First Name
Maḥmoud
Last Name
Taha
Occupation
Ceramicist, Potter, Calligrapher,
Years Active
1968-present
Active in
Amman

Maliḥeh Afnan

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Maliḥeh Afnan (1935-2016) works with paper on an intimate scale to create works of refined beauty. Inspired by predominantly archeology and script, her works allude to ancient scrolls and tablets. Yet, at other times, her abstract works appear as landscapes, figures or relics that have been excavated from a long-forgotten site.
Afnan's most recent solo exhibition was her retrospective Personnages, at Man Museo D'arte Provincia Di Nuoro, Sardinia, 2019 curated by Luigi Fassi.

First Name
Maliḥeh
Last Name
Afnan
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
1956-2016
Active in
Various

Manal Maḥamid

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Manal Maḥamid (b. 1976) is a multidisciplinary Palestinian artist who works across video, instillation Painting and Photography.

First Name
Manal
Last Name
Maḥamid
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
1996-present
Active in
Haifa

Manar Zuabi

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Manar Zuabi (b. 1964) is an artist, curator, educator and activist from Nazareth.

First Name
Manar
Last Name
Zuabi
Occupation
Artist, Curator,
Years Active
1999-present
Active in
Nazareth

Matthew Khoury

Matthew Khoury (b. ) is an animator, illustrator and filmmaker currently based in Jerusalem.

First Name
Matthew
Last Name
Khoury
Occupation
Animator, Filmmaker, Illustrator,
Years Active
2019-present
Active in
Jerusalem

Mohamed Dalo

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Mohamed Dalo is a cartoon artist from

First Name
Mohamed
Last Name
Dalo
Occupation
Cartoonist
Years Active
2013-present
Active in
Gaza City