Who is Google Doodle Naziha Salim?

Naziha Salim was an Iraqi artist, educator and author.

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A Google Doodle will be displayed on April 23, 2022 (today) to honor Naziha Salim's life and work

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On April 23, Doodle shows Salam holding a brush and a composition of her work

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He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1927 to a family of Iraqi artists

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Her father was a painter and her mother was an embroidery artist.

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Today, Salim’s artwork is on display at the Sharjah Art Museum and the Modern Art Iraqi Archive.

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Naziha Salim was an Iraqi artist, educator and author.

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