Fayez Elhasani
Palestinian Painter
Fayez Elhasani is a Palestinian painter based in Gaza. Born in 1952 in Gaza, Fayez Al Hasani holds a BA in Fine Art from Cairo University. He currently teaches Fine Art in the Education department at UNRWA. He previously taught art at the Teachers Institute in Algiers. Fayez has participated in a number of exhibitions in Algeria, Jordan and Palestine and is one of the founders of the Plastic Arts Association, based in Gaza. Fayez's uses art to visualise and express the Palestinian yearning to return. He has painted hundreds of pieces of artwork all revolving around Palestinian identity, most of which painted whilst being under illegal Israeli military blockade in Gaza.
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Art Exhibition: Visualising Return
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