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- Country of residence: France
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Born in Jerusalem in 1942; studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome and at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, DC; in 1968 he moved to the US, where he taught at Georgetown University; interested in the calligraphic school of art since the 1980s; was awarded Fulbright Senior Scholarships to conduct research on Islamic art in Morocco in 1993 and 1994; his paintings are part of public collections at several prestigious centers like the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the British Museum in London and The World Bank in Washington, DC; published numerous articles on art that appeared in different periodicals, in addition to limited edition artists books created by hand, like Twelve Lanterns for Granada (1996); was awarded the Prize for Fine Arts by the PA Ministry of Culture in Dec. 2004; lives and works in Menton, south France.
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