Maliheh afnan biography of mahatma

Palestinian artistan (–)

Maliheh Afnan (Arabic: مليحة أفنان, March 24, &#; January 6, )^[1] was a Palestinian artist.^[2][3]

Background

She was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine, to Persian parents.

She was the great-granddaughter of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, although she was not a member of the Baháʼí Community.^[2]

Maliheh Afnan was exiled to Beirut with her family in during the Nakba. She received a BA from the American University of Beirut and an MA in Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington, D.C.

Afnan lived in Kuwait from to , in Beirut from to and in Paris from until , when she moved to London.^[4]

Afnan's work has been shown primarily in France and in London. Her first solo show, in a Basel gallery in , was organized by the American artist Mark Tobey. Her work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Britis