Published : 31-03-2017
Palestinian artist from Syria Maamoun AlShayeb launched on Wednesday an arts exhibition in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, in cooperation with the pro-Palestine Left Party of Sweden and Group 194. A number of Swedish and Arab academics and artists, along with Arab community representatives in Sweden, were in attendance.
24 paintings are to be put on display at the exhibition, slated to be wrapped up next Tuesday.
The paintings shed light on the situation of the Palestinians and Syrians in war-torn Syria and the tragic repercussions of the blockade slapped on Yarmouk Camp, along with Palestinians’ commitment to their motherland and their inalienable right of return.
Maamoun AlShayeb was born in 1960 in Damascus-based Yarmouk Camp. His parents are natives of Haifa, in Palestine. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 1984 and worked as a drawing teacher in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria for over 25 years.
Palestinian artist from Syria Maamoun AlShayeb launched on Wednesday an arts exhibition in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, in cooperation with the pro-Palestine Left Party of Sweden and Group 194. A number of Swedish and Arab academics and artists, along with Arab community representatives in Sweden, were in attendance.
24 paintings are to be put on display at the exhibition, slated to be wrapped up next Tuesday.
The paintings shed light on the situation of the Palestinians and Syrians in war-torn Syria and the tragic repercussions of the blockade slapped on Yarmouk Camp, along with Palestinians’ commitment to their motherland and their inalienable right of return.
Maamoun AlShayeb was born in 1960 in Damascus-based Yarmouk Camp. His parents are natives of Haifa, in Palestine. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 1984 and worked as a drawing teacher in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria for over 25 years.
