Ahmed Hmeedat

Ahmed Hmeedat holds a BA degree in International Law from Al-Quds Bard College in East Jerusalem (the only liberal arts college in the Middle East), a Master of Law from Syracuse University College of Law in Upstate New York, as well as rich experience working in the immigration law field (business and humanitarian immigration) and non-profit organizations in the United States.

He is also an artist who contributed to establishing the first Palestinian museum in Washington, D.C., the Museum of the Palestinian People, in 2019. The opening co-exhibit, “Re-imagining A Future in Palestine," featured some of Ahmed’s artwork. Ahmed is a self-taught artist who experiments with a variety of media, including watercolors, acrylic, oil, ink, charcoal, and digital. His recent work, Searching for the Blue, has been featured by Symposeum Magazine in the United States.