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List of Artists

Abdallah Benanteur
Born 1931, Mostaganem, Algeria
Died 1952, Ivry-Sur-Seine, France

Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar
Born 1925, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1966, Cairo, Egypt

Abdulkader Guermaz
Born 1919, Mascara, Algeria
Died 1996, Paris, France

Abdullah Muharraqi
Born 1939, Manama, Bahrain

Abdul Qader Al Rais
Born 1951, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abdul Qadir Al Obaidi
Born 1927, Baghdad, Iraq
Died 1963, (N/A)

Abdul Qadir Al Rassam
Born 1882, Baghdad, Iraq
Died 1952, Baghdad, Iraq

Adam Henein
Born 1929, Cairo, Egypt
Lives between Cairo and Aswan, Egypt

Adham Wanly
Born 1908, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1959, Alexandria, Egypt

Ahmad Nasha’at Al Zuaby
Born 1939, Hama, Syria
Lives in Hama, Syria

Ahmed Cherkaoui
Born 1934, Boujad, Morocco
Died 1967, Casablanca, Morocco

Ahmed Shibrain
Born 1931, Berber, Sudan
Died 2017, Khartoum, Sudan

Ali Cherri
Born 1976, Beirut, Lebanon
Lives in Beirut, Lebanon and Paris, France

Antoine Malliarakis (Mayo)
Born 1905, Port Said, Egypt
Died 1990, Seine-Port, France

Aref El Rayyess
Born 1928, Aley, Mount Lebanon
Died 2005, Beirut, Lebanon

Asim Abu Shakra
Born 1961, Ummal-Fahm, Palestine
Died 1990, TelAviv, Palestine

Chafic Abboud
Born 1926, Bikfaya, Lebanon
Died 2004, Paris, France

Chaouki Choukini
Born 1946, Choukine, Lebanon
Lives in Paris, France

Clea Badaro
Born 1913, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1968, Alexandria, Egypt

Dia Azzawi
Born 1939, Baghdad, Iraq
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Ebtisam AbdulAziz
Born 1975, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Lives in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Effat Naghi
Born 1905, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1994, Alexandria, Egypt

Elias Zayat
Born 1935, Damascus, Syria
Lives in Damascus, Syria

Ervand Demerdjian
Born 1870, Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died 1938, Cairo, Egypt

Etel Adnan
Born 1925, Beirut, Lebanon
Lives in Paris, France

Ezekiel Baroukh
Born 1909, Mansoura, Egypt
Died 1984, Paris, France

Faiq Hassan
Born 1914, Baghdad, Iraq
Died 1991, Paris, France

Faisal Laibi Sahi
Born 1947, Basra, Iraq
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Fateh Moudarres
Born 1922, Aleppo, Syria
Died 1999, Aleppo, Syria

Farid Belkahia
Born 1934, Marrakesh, Morocco
Died 2014, Marrakesh, Morocco

Fouad Bellamine
Born, Fes, Morocco
Lives in Rabat, Morocco

Gazbia Sirry
Born 1925, Cairo, Egypt
Lives in Cairo, Egypt

Georges Sabbagh
Born 1887, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1951, Paris, France

Habib Srour
Born 1860, Beirut, Lebanon
Died 1938, Beirut, Lebanon

Hafidh Al Droubi
Born 1914, Baghdad, Iraq
Died 1991, Baghdad, Iraq

Hamed Ewais (Owais)
Born 1919, Beni Soueif, Egypt
Died 2011, Cairo, Egypt

Hamed Nada
Born 1924, Cairo, Egypt
Died 1990, Cairo, Egypt

Hassan Sharif
Born 1951, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Died 2016, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hatem Elmekki
Born 1918, Jakarta, Indonesia
Died 2003, Carthage, Tunisia

Helen Khal
Born 1923, Pennsylvania, USA
Died 2009, Ajaltoun Lebanon

Huguette Caland
Born 1931, Beirut, Lebanon
Lives in California, USA

Hussein Madi
Born 1038, Keserwan, Lebanon
Lives in Beirut, Lebanon

Hussein Shariffe
Born 1934, Omdurman, Sudan
Died 2005, Khartoum, Sudan

Ibrahim El-Salahi
Born 1930, Omdurman, Sudan
Lives in Oxford, United Kingdom

Ibrahim Ismail
Born 1945, Kuwait
Lives in Kuwait

Inji Efflatoun
Born 1924, Cairo, Egypt
Died 1989, Cairo, Egypt

Ismail Fattah
Born 1938, Basra, Iraq
Died 2004, Baghdad, Iraq

Ismail Shammout
Born 1930, Lod, Palestine
Died 2006, Amman, Jordan

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
Born 1920, Bethlehem, Palestine
Died 1994, Baghdad, Iraq

Jafar Islah
Born 1946, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Lives in many countries (France, India, Egypt, Kuwait, Italy)

Jewad Selim
Born 1921, Ankara, Turkey
Died 1961, Baghdad, Iraq

Jilali Gharbaoui
Born 1930, Jorf El Melha, Morocco
Died 1971, Paris, France

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
Born 1969, Beirut, Lebanon
Live in Paris, France

Kadhim Hayder
Born 1932, Baghdad, Iraq
Died 1985, Baghdad, Iraq

Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq
Born 1939, Omdurman, Sudan
Lives in Khartoum, Sudan

Khaled Hourani
Born 1965, Hebron, Palestine
Lives in Ramallah, Palestine

Khuzaima Alwani
Born 1935, Hama, Syria
Lives in Damascus, Syria

Louay Kayyali
Born 1934, Aleppo, Syria
Died, 1978, Aleppo, Syria

Mahmoud Hammad
Born 1923, Jarabulus, Syria
Died 1988, Damascus, Syria

Mahmoud Sabri
Born 1927, Baghdad, Iraq
Died 2012, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Mahmoud Said
Born 1897, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1964, Alexandria, Egypt

Maliheh Afnan
Born 1935, Haifa, Palestine
Died 2016, London, United Kingdom

Marguerite Nakhla
Born 1908, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1977, Alexandria, Egypt

Marwan (Marwan Kassab-Bachi)
Born 1934, Damascus, Syria
Died 2016, Berlin, Germany

Miloud Labied
Born 1938, El Kelaa des Sraghna, Morocco
Died 2008, Rabat, Morocco

Mohamed Chebaa
Born 1935, Tangier, Morocco
Died 2013, Casablanca, Morocco

Mohammed Issiakhem
Born 1928, Azzefoun, Algeria
Died 1985, Algerie, Algeria

Mohammed Kacimi
Born 1955, Meknes, Morocco
Died 2003, Rabat, Morocco

Mohammed Khadda
Born 1930, Mostaganem, Algeria
Died 1991, Algerie, Algeria

Mohammed Melehi
Born 1936, Asilah, Morocco
Lives between Marrakech and Tangier, Morocco

Mohammed Naghi
Born 1888, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1956, Cairo, Egypt

Mona Hatoum
Born 1952, Beirut, Lebanon
Lives between London, United Kingdom and Berlin, Germany

Mounirah Mosly
Born 1954, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Lives in Saudi Arabia

Muhanna Al-Durra
Born 1938, Amman, Jordan
Lives in Amman, Jordan

Munira Al-Kazi
Born 1939, Pune, India
Lives in Kuwait City, Kuwait

Nabil Nahas
Born 1949, Beirut, Lebanon
Lives in New York, USA

Nazir Nabaa
Born 1938, Damascus, Syria
Died 2016, Damascus, Syria

Néjib Belkhodja
Born 1933, Tunis, Tunisia
Died 2007

Nouri Al Rawi
Born 1925, Rawa, Iraq
Died 2014, Baghdad, Iraq

Omar El Nagdi
Born 1931, Cairo, Egypt
Lives in Cairo, Egypt

Omar Onsi
Born 1901, Beirut, Lebanon
Died 1969, Beirut, Lebanon

Paul Guiragossian
Born 1925, Jerusalem, Palestine
Died 1993, Beirut, Lebanon

Rafa Nasiri
Born 1940, Tikrit, Iraq
Died 2013, Amman, Jordan

Rafic Charaf
Born 1932, Baalbek, Lebanon
Died 2003, Beirut, Lebanon

Ragheb Ayad
Born 1892, Cairo, Egypt
Died 1982, Cairo, Egypt

Ramses Younan (Yunan)
Born 1913, Minya, Egypt
Died 1966, Cairo, Egypt

Saadi Al Kaabi
Born 1937, Najaf, Iraq
Lives in California, USA

Salah Taher
Born 1911, Cairo, Egypt
Died 2007, Cairo, Egypt

Saliba Douaihy
Born 1915, Ehden, Lebanon
Died 1994, NewYork City, USA

Saloua Raouda Choucair
Born 1916, Beirut, Lebanon
Died 2017, Beirut, Lebanon

Samia Halaby
Born 1936, Jerusalem, Palestine
Lives in New York, USA

Sami Mohammed
Born 1943, Sharq, Kuwait
Lives andworks (N/A)

Samir Rafi
Born 1926, Cairo, Egypt
Died 2004, Paris, France

Seif Wanly
Born 1906, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 1979, Stockholm, Sweden

Shakir Hassan Al Said
Born 1925, Samawa, Iraq
Died 2004, Baghdad, Iraq

Simone Fattal
Born 1942, Damascus, Syria
Lives in Paris, France

Suad Al-Attar
Born 1942, Baghdad, Iraq
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Suleiman Mansour
Born 1947, Birzeit, Palestine
Lives in Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine.

Tahia Halim
Born 1919, Anglo Egyptian Sudan
Died 2003, Alexandria, Egypt

Youssef Kamel
Born 1891, Cairo, Egypt
Died 1971, Cairo, Egypt

Zeinab Abd El Hamid
Born 1919, Cairo, Egypt
Died 2002

A Century in Flux
Highlights from the Barjeel Art Foundation

Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates

12 May 2018 - 31 May 2023

Curators: Salwa Mikdadi, Mandy Merzaban, Karim Sultan

101 artists

Organizer: Barjeel Art Foundation

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