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Mahmoud Obaidi was born in
Baghdad in 1966. He obtained a degree in fine arts from the Baghdad University in 1990. Like many Iraqi intellectuals and artists, he fled his war-torn country in 1991. After settling in Canada, he obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Guelph in Canada. He
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The artist’s work is held in a number of permanent collections including Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; the
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also obtained diplomas in new media and film from
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