Afaf Zurayk
Lebanon, b.1948
Born in Beirut. She graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She obtained a Master’s degree in Islamic Art from Harvard University in 1972. She taught in Lebanon at Beirut University College (currently Lebanese American University) and the American University of Beirut, as well as in continuing education programs at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.