Palestinians bid farewell to visionary artist Sliman Mansour

Sliman Mansour funeral takes place in Birzeit as mourners honour Palestinian artist

Crowds follow hearse through streets of the Occupied West Bank to pay respects

Palestinians mourn ‘Camel of Hardship’ artist Sliman Mansour

Palestinians have mourned prominent artist Sliman Mansour at a public funeral in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians bid farewell to visionary artist Sliman Mansour

An overflow crowd of Palestinians on Wednesday laid to rest visionary artist Sliman Mansour, whose landmark painting “Camel of Hardships” has become an emblem of Palestinian identity.

Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour buried in West Bank hometown

LONDON: Palestinian painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, whose vivid depictions of Palestinian life, land and national identity made him one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Palestinian art, was buried on Wednesday in his hometown of Birzeit in the occupied West Bank. A packed church near Ramallah hosted the funeral for Mansour, who died Monday at the age of 79 at

Samia Halaby Remembers Sliman Mansour: ‘A Giant in the History of Art’

Sliman Mansour, an artist and educator who helped create the visual language of Palestinian perseverance, died on Monday in Jerusalem at 79. An outpouring of gratitude and grief has followed in the wake of his death from artists and arts professionals within the Arab art community, and beyond, many of whom counted Mansour as both an inspiration and a friend. Below, Samia Halaby, another pioneering Palestinian painter, reflects on Mansour’s life …