Birth: NULL/NULL/1940 Death:NULL/NULL/2004
Born in Jerusalem in April 1940; obtained a teachers’ training diploma; studied at Baghdad University, Iraq, graduating with a BA in Fine Arts in 1968; returned to Palestine and taught at various schools in Jerusalem and Ramallah; from 1970, worked as Fine Arts Teacher at a Women Teachers’ Training Institute in Jordan; later was nominated by the Jordanian Ministry of Education to become Art Education Supervisor for the Irbid district; also supervised schools in Jerusalem and worked as Fine Arts Teacher with UNRWA and UNESCO, among others at the Teachers’ Training Institute in Ramallah and as Fine Arts and Crafts Specialist at schools in the OPT, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon; obtained a degree in Architecture from Bournemouth College, UK, in 1981; besides her teaching profession, worked as an artist; participated in many solo and group exhibitions, both locally and abroad; was a member of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, the British Society of Artists and Designers, and the Palestinian Fine Artists Association; served on the Board of Directors of the Jericho District Cooperative Housing Society; was founding Board member of the Palestinian Academic and Professional Women’s Association (and Pres. of its Jerusalem branch for some time); died in Oct. 2004.
