Welcome - Salaam!
Ibrahim Shalaby - Phd. Fine Arts, Interior Designer/Architect, President of CAOCA (Canadian Arab Organization of Culture and Art).
Ibrahim Shalaby is a Canadian Jerusalemite Architect & Interior designer, who always says "I don't live in Jerusalem it lives in me". Born in Amman (Jordan), his canvases elicit feelings of nostalgia, warmth and love for Arab cities; he is influenced by the traditional heritage and culture of Arabs. Ibrahim paints real places that he has visited before - Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, U.A.E. In 1948 he toured Palestine through Achre, Jaffa, Nazareth, Haifa, Tiberias and the Nativity of Bethlehem beside many Palestinian villages. Ibrahim has become an internationally known and respected Palestinian-Canadian artist and has worked as a professor in different universities.
Please enjoy this journey!
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Photo courtesy Rob Beintema
The Mississauga News ©2007
Ibrahim makes his home in Hamilton, ON (Canada) - though he travels extensively with his art. If you wish to purchase a painting, have questions about his art, would like him to attend a show or anything else, please contact him here.