Samia Zaru
Jordan, b.1938
Zaru graduated at the American University of Beirut in 1958 and continued her postgraduate studies at the Corcoran School of Art and at the American University in Washington DC., in 1961. She was instrumental in developing art programs for the government curricula in Jordan and is known as a prominent pedagogue in arts, crafts and history of art, training scores of students. She is a textile designer, painter, welder, weaver and graphic artist who has won several awards.
