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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
 Jidariyyat Aftal Daraa (The walls of the children of Daraa), Mixed media on canvas, 100 x 200 cm, 2012 |  Jidariyyat Aftal Daraa (The walls of the children of Daraa), Mixed media on canvas, 100 x 200 cm, 2012 |
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 Soorat AA'Eeliyya (Family pictures), Mixed media on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, 2012 |  Al Qasf Fawka (Bombing over Syria), Mixed media on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, 2012 |
 Thawrat (Revolutions), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 200 cm, 2012 |  Moojarrad Majzarat (Only a massacre), Mixed media on canvas, 200 x 100 cm, 2012 |
 Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |  Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |
 Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |  Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |
 Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |  Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |
 Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |  Aaskar Aala Meen ? (Whose army is it?), Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 70 cm, 2012 |
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