Farouk Hosny

Farouk Hosny (or Hosni) (Arabic: فاروق حسنى‎), (born 1938 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian abstract painter who was Minister of Culture from 1987 to 2011. Hosny was born and grew up in Alexandria. He graduated from Alexandria University's School of Fine Arts in 1964 and upon graduation directed the Al-Anfoushi Cultural Palace for several years. An abstract painter, Hosny held exhibitions worldwide and won the Japanese Soka Gakai International Univer... More

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