Akram: Homs 3

Waiting to leave Homs, Syria. Oil paint on gesso panel. 17 x 22.5 cm.

Akram: Born in Homs, Syria.

Also lived in Damascus, Syria and Beirut, Lebanon.

Currently living in Italy.

“For me, the situation here isn’t the best. I don’t know how to explain it, but being here as a refugee without any kind of help or support physically, mentally or emotionally made the time very hard to pass. Hopefully, it’s over now.”