To show our appreciation to محمد عساف Mohammed Assaf for supporting PAWA’s fundraising efforts for Palestinian women students, we wanted to give Assaf something that represented California’s diasporic community. San Francisco based artist Chris Gazaleh ( https://www.cgazaleh.com/ ) immediately came to mind, and he painted this portrait for Assaf. Gazaleh is famed for his art and murals in the Bay Area.
PAWA presented the art to Assaf in San Diego on 12/10.
Thank you to both artists for all that you do for our community.