Samia Halaby Remembers Sliman Mansour: ‘A Giant in the History of Art’

Sliman Mansour, an artist and educator who helped create the visual language of Palestinian perseverance, died on Monday in Jerusalem at 79. An outpouring of gratitude and grief has followed in the wake of his death from artists and arts professionals within the Arab art community, and beyond, many of whom counted Mansour as both an inspiration and a friend. Below, Samia Halaby, another pioneering Palestinian painter, reflects on Mansour’s life and legacy.Sliman Mansour affected me hugely