Ayed Arafah, Dheishah Refugee Camp

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Born in Jerusalem in 1983, Ayed Arafah currently lives in Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem.

Arafah studied art at the International Academy of Arts in Ramallah. His artwork spans many forms—murals, paintings, installations, video, and photography. He is open to working with a wide range of materials and is interested in recycling. To Arafah, art is a journey of searching, discovering, and finding solutions, while exploring many different materials and cultural concepts. 

Arafah was commissioned by Palestine Museum US to create a mural in tribute to Rachel Corrie, the American solidarity activist who was killed by an IDF bulldozer in 2003 while trying to protect a Palestinian home in Rafah, Gaza, from demolition. The mural, featured in the museum’s lobby, was dedicated to the memory of Rachel Corrie at the museum’s grand opening on April 22, 2018. In addition, the museums currently exhibiting a collection of Arafah’s paintings.