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Syrian-American artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohamad Hafez (Arabic: محمد حافظ; born 1984) is a Syrian-American artist and architect living in the United States. His work primarily explores around the stories and dislocation of Syrian refugees.[1][2]
Mohamad Hafez | |
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محمد حافظ | |
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Nationality | Syrian-American |
Education | Damascus University Iowa State University |
Website | mohamadhafez |
Hafez was born in 1984 in Syria.[3] He emigrated to the United States in 2003,[4] on a visa to study architecture at the University of Iowa. [5]
Hafez is best known for his miniature diorama works, which depict daily life in Syria, which he has been creating since 2004.[6][7] His 2017 work Unpacked: Refugee Baggage is a series of miniature dioramas based on interviews that conducted with refugees from the Syrian war.[8] It is intended to humanize the refugee subjects.[9]
In 2021, The New Yorker produced a short film on Hafez's work, directed by Jimmy Goldblum and titled A Broken House.[10][1] The film later aired on the PBS series POV during the POV Shorts installment "Where I'm From."[11]
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