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Born in the village of Musmus near Umm El Fahm in 1983, Fouad Agbaria is one of the most prominent young Palestinian artists working today. He is part of an important and empowered group of young Palestinian artists who are continually redefining what it means to be Palestinian in historic Palestine. Agbaria is a fine arts graduate and an award winning student. He attained a bachelor\u2019s degree from Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem in 2004 and a master\u2019s degree from Haifa University in 2014. Agbaria has also been involved in projects intended to raise the profile of the Palestinian population within present-day Israel such as the Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery and a 2010 pop-up gallery of Palestinian art in the port neighborhood of Jaffa \u2013 an area in which historic Palestinian homes have had their past erased by Israel.<\/p>\n