“DISTANT DREAMS” by Iraqi artists Fathel Neema and Qahtan Ibrahim Al-Ameen

Fathel Neema was born in 1964 in Karbala, Iraq. He is a graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad (1994) and the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (2002 and 2009). Fathel currently lives and works in the Netherlands.

Qahtan Ibrahim Alameen was born in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1991 Qahtan earned a BFA from the University of Baghdad. In 2002 he moved to Canada where he continued his studies in art taking photography classes at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2005) and earning a diploma in art and graphic design from Compu College (2006). Qahtan currently lives in Toronto, Canada.