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          Tarek Al-Ghoussein, a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian, began his career as a photojournalist photographing Palestinian refugees in Jordan....

          Tarek Al-Ghoussein - in Memoriam

          Tarek Al-Ghoussein was born in Kuwait in 1962, where his family lived as Palestinian exiles.

          After his BFA from New York University and his MA from the University of New Mexico he worked as photographer in different countries, finally settling in the United Arab Emirates.

          Al-Ghoussein worked rigorously, and steadily as a photographer, often on large-scale, encyclopaedic projects.

        1. Born in Kuwait to Palestinian exiles, Al-Ghoussein grew up between the US, Japan and Morocco, traveling frequently with his diplomat father.
        2. Tarek Al-Ghoussein, a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian, began his career as a photojournalist photographing Palestinian refugees in Jordan.
        3. Palestinian Artist, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, was born in Kuwait in Exile.
        4. Shoman Foundation is headed by founder and president Suha Shoman, who is also an artist.
        5. He was professor at the American University Sharjah, School of Architecture and Design, and professor and Director of the Master of Fine Arts degree programme at New York University Abu Dhabi.

          He exhibited extensively in Europe, the USA, and the Middle East, and was one of the two artists in Kuwait's first national pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2013.

          The visualization of his Palestinian identity and the unfulfilled longing for the never seen homeland were a constant in his photographic work.

          Over time, his photographs became existential metaphors of life as journey and homecoming at the same time. His last long-term project "Odysseus" o