Semaan Khawam

Semaan Khawam is a Lebanese painter, designer, graffiti artist, actor, writer and poet. He is born in 1974 and lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon. Khawam is a frequent exhibitor and his work has been featured at personal or collective exhibitions at, amongst others, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, the Joanna Seikaly art gallery and the Nada Debs gallery. His art and poetry have been featured in Arab and international newspapers. In his work, Khawam shows the power of art to challenge official state censorship, sectarianism and limits on freedom of expression in the Middle East.

Here is a small selection of his excellent work. 

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