An-Najah News - The Palestinian artist Mohammad Joulani was mourned by the  Palestinian Ministry of Culture.
Joulani died on Friday at the age of 37, saying “his passing constitutes a loss for the Palestinian artistic and cultural scene.”

Born in 1983, Joulani studied fine arts at Al Quds University in the town of Abu Dis. In 2011, he returned to Al Quds University to teach visual arts until 2013. 

In 2016, he received the Ismail Shamout Award, which celebrates Palestinian art.

 Joulani created works that depicted his hometown of Jerusalem and often drew himself or an anonymous human figure as his subject as a way to describe contemporary Palestinian issues.

His local community initiatives involved painting the rooftops and walls of Jerusalem, particularly in the Old City.

These murals were often rendered in eye-catching colors and interlocking geometric shapes, as well as references to Palestinian landscape.