Haneen Al-Fahd: Drawing is a space to express my feelings and my Sensations

The love of drawing dominated the consciousness and imagination of the young woman, Haneen Al-Fahd, as it has  become her own way to express her feelings and is a space of hope to overcome the difficulties that she went through to prove herself and achieve success in the field of drawing and in her studies at the College of Pharmacy.

About her passion for drawing, she said, "I loved drawing from a young age, thanks to my mother, who was an artist whose paintings were covering the walls of our house. My love for drawing prompted me to take a step that taught me how to be confident in my artistic abilities and myself. At the end of 2015, my mother passed away, so I had nothing but art as the only means to express my soul and inner feelings. Through my efforts, experience, training, and accuracy of observation, I was able to reach the level that I aspire to, and I still aspire to achieve the best."

Referring to the topics she deals with in her paintings, she said, "I like portraiture in general and children in particular. Through the faces and features of children, I can express what is going on inside me, as children have true and pure feelings. In general, I draw in response to an emotional state I live in, and when I feel that I need to paint, I used to leave everything and dive into the world of drawing."

"I tried various materials in my work, including acrylic and oil   colors, but charcoal attracted me more and most of my paintings were done with it", Haneen added.

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 "Ishtar Creates" festival, which was held by the Culture Palace in Baniyas city in its fourth year, attracted visitors from various regions of the city and its countryside, as it included a wide variety of Syrian handicrafts and crochet works, in addition to participations in painting, poetry and singing.

“The three- day festival was organized to celebrate the Syrian New Year and concluded its activities on Tuesday with the participation of 40 different talents from Baniyas, Damascus and Salamiyah” the festival coordinator, plastic artist Mays Mustafa told SANA.

Al-Zahrawi Palace recently hosted the first Central Forum for Sculpture, Photography and Handicrafts for the children of the Baath Vanguards Organization, entitled "Palmyra is the Civilization ... Creativity of the Past and the Present ", to  revive the ancient heritage and art of Palmyra.

Head of the Fine Arts Office of the Baath Vanguards Organization, Hiba Saeed, said that the organization seeks, in its plan, to enhance the patriotic, cultural, civilizational and historical sense of Syrian children, as well as deepen the values of belonging to the homeland. She added that this forum aims to revive all meanings and values of the ancient heritage and art of Palmyra to remain in the memory of the children.

“Art is about connecting with people’s emotions . It is personal and at the same time , universal. An artist has the ability to feel strongly to be sensitive to things  and express this in the paint , gesture or color . I believe that the artist’s role , above all things , is to be as true to themselves as they can within society , the community and the world at large” Artist Fareed Reslan Head of  the Lattakia branch of Plastic Artits’ Union said in a statement to the Syriatimes e-newspaper at the sideline of opening  Lattakia Spring exhibition 2021.

On April 4th, Patriarch of Antioch and the Rest of the East for the Greek Orthodox John X, inaugurated the second icon exhibition (ancient church vessels, archaeological manuscripts and icons of contemporary painters) in the halls of the Holy Cross in Damascus after the Sunday Mass of the Raising the Cross.

Patriarch John X considered that the opening of the exhibition is a message of peace and love from the Syrian people. 

Patriarch John X added that the icons are the work of different age groups, and they are evidence that we remain in Syria.

Patriarch John X pointed out that the 3-day exhibition embodies Easter and the Resurrection within us these days, and that we do not fear difficulties, but rather we are moving towards hope. 

Patriarch John X said, “We in Syria are Muslims and Christians, one family, and our feasts, joys, and sorrows are always shared, and this is how we were brought up in it, and this is a reality that we live in.”