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Contemporary Art. The Mall Galleries, London, England 1986.
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Contemporary Art, Luxembourg Museum, Paris, France 1986.
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in 1970, where he trained with influential Iraqi painters like
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Journey through the Contemporary Arts of the Arab World,
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Jordan Contemporary Art, Exhibitions Hall, Peking, 1985.
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The International Visiting Artist Grant - U.S.I.A, 1987
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