Born: 1964
Place: Kenya
Nationality: Yemeni

Shweikar is a fashion designer as well as a painter. She has 3 sister and 3 brothers. She went to school in Britain and was exposed to the western culture from an early age. She had a close relationship with her father and was devastated when he died in an car accident in Yemen. She has always loved to be creative and even devotes herself to make craft objects. Shweikar is married and a mother of 3 daughters and 2 sons.

For Shweikar, painting is a dream come true. She prefers to paint portraits of Yemenis in their traditional clothes. She does so, because she feels that they express the person's hidden feelings and emotions. Her favorite medium is oil colors and pencil.

Through her paintings Shweikar hopes that people will stop fighting and look at the suffering of children and humanity due to human selfishness and greediness. She wants people to stop abusing the earth like cutting down the trees and polluting the sea.

In short she calls upon people to stop destroying the world they live in.

Born: 1978
Place: Hodeidah, Yemen

Eman has got 7 brother and 6 sisters. Her father is a retired government worker.

Eman graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts. For her being a painter was a difficult thing because the family and society around her were against the idea of painting. However day by day they are getting familiar with the idea and is starting to support her.

According to Eman painting is both a hobby and a dream. It has been a hobby since childhood, when she started seeing beauty in nature and everything around her. It is also a dream for her to cultivate and go up with her talent to the top of success and fame regardless of the difficulties.

Eman likes to draw what she really feels in an abstract way, especially subjects related to women, heritage and people suffering which deeply influence her. Her favorite medium is oil colors.

Eman hopes that her paintings get the viewer's appreciation and convey the feelings that she had when she drew them.

Born: 1983
Place: Hodeidah, Yemen

Amani has got 7 brothers and 6 sisters. Her father is a retired government worker. Amani graduated from the faculty of fine Arts. The difficulty that Amani has faced is the lack of family encouragement.

For Amani painting is a hobby, since school days that has grown. She also hopes to cultivate it more and more.

Amani tends to paint subjects related to realism that available in nature because she deeply fond of nature and believes in the beauty of God's creation. She likes to use oil colors on canvas.

Through her paintings she would like to say beauty is nature and nature is beauty.

Born: 1983
Place: Hodeidah, Yemen

Sema has 4 sisters and 5 brothers, her father is an engineer. Seema considers herself herself a lucky girl because she has a good family that always encourages her to go on painting.

For Seema painting began as a hobby which she cultivated later. Seema graduated from the faculty of fine Arts. She prefers to paint Yemeni natural scenes, heritage, and folklore. She is deeply influenced by these subjects which are full of real beauty according to her. Her favorite medium is mosaic.

Through her paintings, she would like to convey to the world, the natural beauty of her homeland.

Born: 1968
Born: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Yemeni

He has got 8 brothers and 9 sisters. His father can not work due old age. Although Sagheer has got a diploma in fine arts he is unable to make living out of it and struggles to keep himself going.

For Sagheer painting was a hobby but with the passing of time his love for painting has increased and he has wanted to leave a mark in the world of painting. Therefore, he has decided in a professional way.

Sagheer prefers to paint subjects related to realism and surrealism. According to him realism directly expresses reality and surrealism gives him enough freedom to create.

His favorite medium is oil colors.

Born: 1981
Place: Hodeidah, Yemen
Family Roots: Shabwa , Yemen

Hend has got 2 sister and 4 brothers. Her father is a business man she lives in an inspired family. Hend has graduated from the faculty of fine arts.

At the very beginning painting was a simple hobby for Hend. She did not dream to be a professional painter. It came to her by chance. When she decided to register at the University, after finishing Secondary School, she discovered that registration had closed in all the faculties except for the faculty of fine Arts. Thus she was courageous enough to take her first step into the world of creativity and beauty.

Hend tends to paint Yemeni countryside and folklore because they are full of colors and so they give her the opportunity to play with and mix colors as much as she likes. This reflects strongly in her paintings. Her favorite medium is oil colors.

Born: 1980
Place: Hodeidah, Yemen

Ghada has 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Her father is a business man. She thanks God for granting her such a good family.

For Ghada painting was a dream and with the help and encouragement of that dream she could become a professional painter. She graduated from the faculty of fine arts. She likes to paint old people and children because, according to her, their features are so expressive and complex that it is a challenge to reflect or embody them in a portrait. Her favorite medium is charcoal.

Through her paintings she would like to show the world her creativity.

Born: 1983
Place: Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Yemeni

Mohammed has got 4 sister and 3 brothers. His father is a worker in an Aluminum

Workshop. It has grown up in a poor struggling family. Mohammed has been working since he was 12 to pay for his studies. In spite of the difficult circumstances he has been living, he proves himself daily as a creative artist.

For Mohammed painting was just a hobby. He did not imagine that he could do it in a professional way. It came by chance. He intended to study Décor however his application was rejected. So he has shifted to the Faculty of Fine Arts. Currently, he is a second year student and satisfied with what he is doing.

Mohammed likes to paint animals and nature ( Yemeni countryside) because he believes that they are full of beauty and they also go side by side with the human being's life. His favorite medium is pencil. Through his artworks, Mohammed tries to convey to the world the wonderful beauty of the countryside.

Born: 1985
Place: Hajja, Yemen

Haya has got 5 sister and 4 brothers. Her father is a retired government worker. She has a calm family life.

Haya was not highly interested in paintings at the beginning. She did not plan to study fine arts but as a result of her low marks in secondary school no faculty other than the Faculty of Fine Arts would accept her. Therefore she has registered in the faculty of fine arts which is cultivating her talent in painting. Currently Haya is a second year student.

Her favorite subject is nature because it provides her with a sense of comfort and satisfaction. She prefers to use oil colors.

Through her paintings, she would like to draw the world's attention to discovering the poor and difficult circumstances they live.

Born: 1983
Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Yemeni

Aiat has got 6 brothers and 1 sister. Her father is a driver. She graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts.

For Aiat, painting is both a hobby and a dream. Aiat likes to paint nature and Yemeni heritage. She believes that nature is full of God's beauty. Her favorite medium is oil colors.

Through her paintings, Aiat would like to proof that Arabs are able to succeed. She also wants to convey that God, the Almighty is creative in his creation and that Yemen is rich folk heritage.

Born: 1980
Place: Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Yemeni

For Faten painting is a hobby. She has only finished secondary school, but she has shown a real talent in painting. She tends to draw things related to nature because according to her nature is life itself that people live in. Her favorite medium is oil colors.

Born: 1981
Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Yemeni

Shefa has graduated from the faculty of fine arts. She has got 3 sister and 7 brothers. Her father passed away when she was 7. Due to the absence of her father, her oldest bothers are taking care of the family.

For Shefa, paining is a challenge. Some of her brothers were against her decision to be a painter because it was a new concept in Yemen. They were afraid for her future. However convinced her brothers and gave her the opportunity to choose this direction and be responsible. Therefore she is doing her best to proof to everybody around her, that she able to succeed. For her, painting gives her the sense of existence and achievement.

Shefa likes to paint Yemeni heritage because se feels that art has to reflect things that are always forgotten or ignored b y people. In other words, she wants to attract people's attention to the Yemeni Folklore. Her favorite medium is charcoal.

Through her paintings she would like emphasize that Yemeni women have the ability and will to change and produce a work of art. Also, she would like to spread the Yemeni heritage and culture to the whole world.

Born: 1986
Place: Taiz, Yemen

Waheed has got 3 sister and 5 brothers. His father is a farmer. He comes from a simple hard working family. He has to work to pay for his studies.

For him creating artworks is a dream since childhood. He is doing his best to achieve this dream. He has already got a diploma in Fine Arts. However his dream was beyond that. So he has decided to leave his family and town and come to the city of Hodeidah to study Fine Arts in a professional manner. He prefers to draw old and hard working people as well as traditional buildings. Because he likes to reflect his county's heritage and culture. His favorite medium is charcoal.

Through creating artworks, Waheed would like to show the world his ability and talent in producing art. Moreover, he wants to reflect the heritage of his country.

Born: 1973
Place: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Yemen

Khaled is an electronics technician. His father is a simple worker. However the difficult circumstances he lives could not hinder to show a talent for painting at an early age.

For Khaled creating artworks is a dream come true. He likes to draw trees because he believes that they resemble human beings in their feelings. For example when a tree is barren, it resembles a man in his brokenness and when it is green, it resembles in his ambition and success. He also prefers to create portraits. His favorite medium is pencil.

Through his creating artworks, he would like to show the others his ability in dealing with colors, shadow and light.

Born: 1978
Place: Taiz, Yemen

Nagat has got 8 sisters and 5 brothers. Her father is an accountant. She graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts.

For Nagat, painting is a dream which she does her best to achieve. She prefers to draw natural scenes and old Yemeni architecture due to its distinctive design. Her favorite medium is oil colors.

Nagat would like her paintings to convey a message of awareness about fine arts.

Born: 1987
Place: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ( Parents were working there)
Nationality: Yemeni

Raga'a has got 4 brothers, and 6 sisters. Her father is a retired government worker. She lives in a happy family.

Raga'a has just finished secondary School. She has started painting since childhood. For her, painting is a dream and she doing her best to achieve it and become a professional painter.

Raga'a likes to paint sentimental subjects like children, sad eyes, flowers and sunsets because she feels that they are so close to her soul and they truly express the world she lives in and her own feelings. Her favorite medium is pencil.

Through her paintings, she would like to say fine arts are the 3 rd language of communication. Raga'a is a really talented girl, she does not only paint but also writes short stories and poetry.